"No government power can be abused long. Mankind……" — Samuel Johnson
"No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government."
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Samuel Johnson
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
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To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…
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Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in which, after having abused it…
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The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together,…
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He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly.
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If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People…
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Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused…
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This is what it means to be a slave; to be abused and bear it; compelled by violence to suffer…
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Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine…
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