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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
