"South Carolina is too small for a republic……" — James L. Petigru
"South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum."
More Asylum Quotes
- I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know… — Antonin Artaud
- Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an… — Samuel Adams
- Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and… — Michael Caine
- I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part… — George Washington
- The United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty. — Thomas Paine
- This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of… — Thomas Paine
- The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to… — Ed Koch
- Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful.… — Charles Schumer
- This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of… — William Wells Brown
- I become more convinced that beings from other planets are using the Earth as a lunatic asylum — George Bernard Shaw
- Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every… — Henry David Thoreau
- Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of… — Samuel Adams