All William Godwin Quotes
- Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external… Common
- Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions. Education
- My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing and abhorrence of… Abhorrence
- Books are the depositary of everything that is most honourable to man. Book
- Books gratify and excite our curiosity in innumerable ways. Book
- Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education. Conducted
- Of Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances. Belief
- The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic. Apprehension
- He that revels in a well-chosen library has inumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavor. Admirable
- Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain. Alone
- Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows… Certain
- Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil. Co
- If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book, Appears
- The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces… Advocate
- The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children. Affection
- Our judgment will always suspect those weapons that can be used with equal prospect of success on both sides. Always Suspect
- I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of… Action
- The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years. Conduct
- Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny. Engendered
- Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a man at which nations tremble. Desired
- But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference. Care
- There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness. Actually Witness
- As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate… All
- What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child? Child
- Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason. Passion