James Harrington Quotes

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• Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.
• Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t…
• Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.
• And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a city…
• The blushing cheek speaks modest mind,The lips befitting words most kind,The eye does tempt to love's desire,And seems to, say 'tis "Cupid's fire.
• No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what…
• The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men.
• A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform, which they know is but earth or stone; nor…
• La wis but paper without hands of a swords of men.

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