America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing… — James F. Cooper America Copy Share Image
No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognise, in the repose which now… — James F. Cooper Activity Copy Share Image
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. — James F. Cooper All things Copy Share Image
Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night. — James F. Cooper Death Copy Share Image
Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with… — James F. Cooper Absence Copy Share Image
The Americans... are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human tastes, whose… — James F. Cooper Art Copy Share Image
If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own. — James F. Cooper Ifs Copy Share Image
At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War… — James F. Cooper History Copy Share Image
Near the centre of that State of New York lies an extensive district of country, whose surface is a succession of hills… — James F. Cooper Book Copy Share Image
All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable… — James F. Cooper Add Copy Share Image
How easy it is for generous sentiments, high courtesy, and chivalrous courage to lose their influence beneath the chilling blight of selfishness,… — James F. Cooper Attributes Copy Share Image
Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations… — James F. Cooper Balance Copy Share Image
Hebrews . This book is much superior to most of the writings attributed to St. Paul, though passages in the other books… — James F. Cooper Admirable Copy Share Image
The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms. — James F. Cooper Abuse Copy Share Image
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends… — James F. Cooper Active Copy Share Image
The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference. — James F. Cooper Expanse Copy Share Image
The habit of seen the public rule, is gradually accustoming the American mind to an interference with private rights that is slowly… — James F. Cooper Character Copy Share Image
The vulgar charge that the tendency of democracies is to leveling, meaning to drag all down to the level of the lowest,… — James F. Cooper Conditions Copy Share Image
Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of… — James F. Cooper Animal Copy Share Image
The listeners got some such insights into their past lives, as one gets into the darker parts of the woods, when a… — James F. Cooper Gleam Copy Share Image
The sun had not risen, but the vault of heaven was rich with the winning, softness that "brings and shuts the day,"… — James F. Cooper Air Copy Share Image
Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed. — James F. Cooper Affair Copy Share Image
As for bread, I count that for nothin'. We always have bread and potatoes enough; but I hold a family to be… — James F. Cooper Barrels Copy Share Image
