American people Quote by Andrew Jackson

As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close…

— Rand Paul

“Remember, Will Henry, some falsehoods are borne of necessity not foolishness.”

— Rick Yancey

Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.

— Saadi

I can counterfeit the deep tragedian; Speak and look back, and pry on every side, Tremble and start, at wagging of a straw, Intending…

— William Shakespeare

“This man who in the pursuit of his aims could be so utterly ruthless—who would let nothing stand in his way; who, in the…

— Robert A. Caro

He had supposed for years that he had no secrets from himself. Here was proof that he had a great big secret somewhere inside,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Politics and self-interest have been so uniformly connected, that the world, from being so often deceived, has a right to be suspicious of public…

— Thomas Paine

There is none deceived but he that trusts.

— Benjamin Franklin

“The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it; for, however absurd…

— Samuel Johnson

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his…

— Theodor Adorno

Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lap Of wanton Dalilah; the world's a trap.

— Francis Quarles

One great blemish in the popular mind of America and the prolific parent of an innumerable brood of evils, is Universal Distrust . .…

— Charles Dickens