Joseph P. Bradley

(1813–1892) Lawyer

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Joseph P. Bradley was a lawyer.

Quick Facts About Joseph P. Bradley

Born: March 14, 1813
Died: January 22, 1892
Profession: Lawyer
Notable works: Miscellaneous writings of the late Hon. Joseph P. Bradley, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

About Joseph P. Bradley

Joseph Philo Bradley was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1870 to 1892. He was also a member of the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 United States presidential election.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Joseph P. Bradley

“The civil law, as well as nature herself, has always recognized a wide difference in the respective spheres and destinies of man…

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As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that…

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Cannot

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Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it…

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Bond

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All cannot rule, nor can all be ruled. All cannot plow, nor can all sow, nor reap. No more can all neglect…

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The perfection of style consists in the use of the exact speech necessary to convey the sense in the fewest words consistent…

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Accuracy

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It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is the definition…

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In teaching, regard must be had to the faculties possessed by the pupil. In childhood, memory; in youth, the understanding; in mature…

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Childhood

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The acquisition of an accurate and easy conversation, of some skill in music, and in pure and healthful diversions, are of great…

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Accurate

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Brutes are governed by their appetites and impulses. Savages are but little removed in this respect from brutes. Brutish men and coarse…

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Appetites

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A man is most happy when he is most perfect, and he is most perfect when all his faculties are proportionately and…

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I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism.…

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Civil law, as well as nature herself, has always recognized a wide difference in the respective spheres and destinies of man and…

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Always

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When a man has emerged from slavery, there must be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he takes the…

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Ceases

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The paramount destiny and mission of woman is to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. That is the…

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