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Man Quotes by Gerrit Smith
- Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.
- But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back,…
- Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human…
- When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but…
- I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.
- Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.
- Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to…
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle