Fall Quote by John Dryden Download Open image “Government itself at length must fall To nature's state, where all have right to all.” — John Dryden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fall Government Length Nature Politics States
“A Government is not free to do as it pleases…. The law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
By nature, every individual has the right to govern himself; and governments, whether founded on majorities or minorities, must derive their right from the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Government, like any other organism, refuses to acquiesce in its own extinction. This refusal, of course, involves the resistance to any effort to diminish… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Governments must be conformable to the nature of the governed; governments are even a result of that nature. — Giambattista Vico Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
Two things revolutionised life: moving to the countryside and falling in love. — Nick Love Copy Share Image
“When you jump, all you're going to do is fall. But leaping? Leaping is when you think there's something on the other side.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
“We will all, at some point in our lives, fall. Every single one of us. We shouldn't spend our time trying to avoid falling.… — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that.… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
How wonderful it would be to scatter words as they rise to consciousness, to let them lie where they fall. — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
My life is a crystal teardrop. There are snowflakes falling in the teardrop and little figures trudging in slow motion. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I began relaxing my hair, and that meant when I turned 18 it began to crack and fall off, and… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
