Virtuous People Quotes

20 quotes by 16 authors

Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires… — Charley Reese
Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into a… — George Washington
The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people; then shall we both… — Samuel Adams
Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instument will bind us together in mutual interests, mutual welfare,… — Alexander Hamilton
Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous people . — Jefferson Davis
For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all… — Guru Gobind Singh
The aspirations and expectations of a virtuous people, environed with so wise, so liberal, so deep, so broad, and so high a charter of equal… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated… — Isadora Duncan
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice. — Laozi
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. — Confucius
Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men. — George Santayana
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. — Benjamin Franklin
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -The 5000 Year Leap — Benjamin Franklin
I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
It may often be noticed, the less virtuous people are, the more they shrink away from the slightest whiff of the odour of un-sanctity. The… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will… — Mark Twain
Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of… — Benjamin Franklin
" Ah, this is the constitution," he said. "Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instument will… — Alexander Hamilton
The most passionate people are rarely known for being virtuous; but the most virtuous people are always described as passionate. — Dr Mardy Grothe

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