"History, like love, is so apt to surround……" — James F. Cooper
"History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness."
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72 Quotes by James F. Cooper
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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…
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Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another…
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Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing…
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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…
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The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of…
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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…
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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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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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