Best James F. Cooper Quotes
- There are evils worse than death, Death
- There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes. Brave
- At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the Revolution, History
- The demagogue is usually sly, a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all above him,… Acts
- In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with erecting temples in… Acknowledging
- Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public… Been
- Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party. Corrupt
- The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. All
- What will the axemen do, when they have cut their way from sea to sea? Cut
- If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own. Establish
- It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be… Accord
- The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority,… Abuse
- The sight of a coward's blood can never make a warrior tremble. Blood
- I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized... All
- We are all human, and all do wrong. All
- It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience! Better
- It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names. Ask
- Advice is not a gift, but a debt that the old owe to the young. Advice
- When men struggle for the single life God has given them ... even their own kind seem no more than the beasts of the wood. Beast
- The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority. Agree
- All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. All
- The American doctrinaire is the converse of the American demagogue, and, in this way, is scarcely less injurious to the public. The first deals in… American
- Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true. Everybody
- It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of… Agency
- New York is essentially national in interest, position, pursuits. No one thinks of the place as belonging to a particular state, but to the United… Belonging