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James F. Cooper has 73 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.
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Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports…
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Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in…
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Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations…
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Individuality is the aim of political liberty
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Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of…
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The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of those who…
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The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.
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No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
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Principles . . . become modified in practice, by facts.
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Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.
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It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed…
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While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
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Paparazzi need more flattering lenses.
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim…
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Drunkenness is a flattering devil, a sweet poison, a pleasant sin, which whosoever hath, hath not himself, which whosoever doth commit, doth…
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What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
— George Bernard Shaw
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Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.
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The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered.…
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Some of the angles that photographers get on court are not always flattering.
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I suppose my bodily proportions are quite flattering. I'm ripped, doing something I wouldn't normally do with my body, or having done…
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So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny.
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