Democracy Quote by Alexander Hamilton

When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons…

— Alexander Hamilton

Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity was not…

— Arthur Helps

“People love to do such things, attempting to degrade other individuals for their mistakes to fulfill their inner will in order to feel more…

— Aditi Dufare

“It is not even in extraordinary situations, where all eyes are upon us, where all our energy is aroused, and all our vigilance is…

— Albert Pike

“The truly self-possessed, however, are free from the whims of fate and chance. Calmly, they affect their will, and with strength of character and…

— James Allen

“All reserve is being sacrificed to titillation. The extremes of passion and suffering are served up to enliven the breakfast table or to lighten…

— Smith III, Ted J

“for when people are determined on a mode of conduct which they know to be wrong, they feel injured by the expectation of any…

— Jane Austen

“It is indeed a mortifying reflection to those who are actuated by the love of fame, so justly denominated the last infirmity of noble…

— David Hume

“I detest that fatuity of mind which believes that what is explained is also excused; I hate that vanity which finds it interesting to…

— Benjamin Constant

“people cling to folly as if it were their most prized possession, defending it, sometimes with violence, against the possibility of wisdom. It”

— Richard Russo

“It is the habit of the envious man to absolve himself of public wrongs with his own personal grievances.”

— Victor Hugo

“Again, behavior is the criterion, and since the devotee is the standard for the most important part of life – spiritual advancement – his…

— Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami