What will the axemen do, when they have cut their way from sea to sea? — James F. Cooper Cutting Copy Share Image
Should we distrust the man because his manners are not our manners, and that his skin is dark? — James F. Cooper Dark 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
It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience! — James F. Cooper Better man Copy Share Image
There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces… — James F. Cooper Brave Copy Share Image
Apathy is the great requisite for the station; for woe betide the wretch who fancies any modicum of zeal. — James F. Cooper Apathy Copy Share Image
A soul,--a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth. — James F. Cooper Beings 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
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty,… — James F. Cooper Accord Copy Share Image
On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to… — James F. Cooper Antiquity Copy Share Image
Christ, in the parable of the vine dressers, has taught us a sublime lesson of justice, by showing that to the things… — James F. Cooper Christ Copy Share Image
Aristocracy: A combination of many powerful men, for the purpose of maintaining their own particular interests. It is consequently a concentration of… — James F. Cooper Aristocracy 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
In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from… — James F. Cooper America Copy Share Image
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal… — James F. Cooper All things Copy Share Image
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of those who… — James F. Cooper Citizens Copy Share Image
In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with… — James F. Cooper America 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
It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is… — James F. Cooper Agency Copy Share Image
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports… — James F. Cooper Action 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
The flesh is sweeter, where the creature has some chance for its life; for that reason, I always use a single ball,… — James F. Cooper Animal Copy Share Image
The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the… — James F. Cooper Ability 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
The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest,… — James F. Cooper Affairs Copy Share Image
Many words are in a state of mutation, the pronunciation being unsettled even in the best society, a result that must often… — James F. Cooper Arise Copy Share Image
They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed… — James F. Cooper Character Copy Share Image
New York is essentially national in interest, position, pursuits. No one thinks of the place as belonging to a particular state, but… — James F. Cooper Belonging 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 Americans Copy Share Image
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses… — James F. Cooper Democracies Copy Share Image
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of… — James F. Cooper Democracies Copy Share Image
Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in… — James F. Cooper Christian 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
Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality… — James F. Cooper Breeding Copy Share Image
Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been… — James F. Cooper Break Copy Share Image
A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim… — James F. Cooper Aim Copy Share Image
I can't see no great difference atween givin' up territory afore a war, out of a dread of war, and givin' it… — James F. Cooper Differences 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
Some changes of language are to be regretted, as they lead to false inferences, and society is always a loser by mistaking… — James F. Cooper Change Copy Share Image
A single glance at the map will make the reader acquainted with the position of the eastern coast of the island of… — James F. Cooper Book Copy Share Image
