"The press, like fire, is an excellent servant,……" — James F. Cooper
"The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master."
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72 Quotes by James F. Cooper
James F. Cooper has 72 quotes on this site.
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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 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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A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be…
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No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
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There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically…
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Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the…
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
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Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.
— Thomas Carlyle
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The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be…
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I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every…
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