American people Quote by Doris Kearns Goodwin

“[It is a] happy truth that man is capable of self-government, and only rendered otherwise by the moral degradation designedly superinduced on him by…

— Thomas Jefferson

“His own work within government had taught him that there are virtually no limits to a man’s greed and lust for power and wealth.”

— C.A. Fail

“He was not what he made up his mind to be. A man was the sum of his limits: freedom only made him see…

— Gish Jen

“To understand the nature and quantity of government proper for man, it is necessary to attend to his character. As Nature created him for…

— Thomas Paine

“I had not then learned the philosophy which teaches that he who would attempt enterprises of great command, must begin his government by laying…

— William Reynolds

“The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbor to be governed, but he himself…

— George Bernard Shaw

“No man on earth who conscientiously opposes either you or any other organized democracy, and flatly prevents a great many wrongs and illegalities from…

— Socrates

“We cannot expect the men we appoint to govern us, to be better than ourselves.”

— Stephanie Barron

“There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include personal government will only guarantee our mediocrity.”

— Graham Cooke

“It seems to be difficult if not impossible for human beings to avoid thinking of government as mystical entity with a nature and a…

— H.L. Mencken

“In addition to all that, a man may have any opinions he likes without that being any of the sovereign’s business. Having no standing…

— Rousseau Jean-Jacques

“A man who rightly governs self, may also govern family without the crippling cowardice, crutch of control.”

— T.F. Hodge