Calculations Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who…

— Alexander Pope

A small politician, of low capacity and mean surroundings, proud to act as the servile tool of men worse than himself but also stronger…

— Theodore Roosevelt

He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in mind.

— William Shakespeare

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

— Frederick Douglass

A person may be greedy, envious, cowardly, cold, ungenerous, unkind, vain, or conceited, but behave perfectly by a monumental act of the will.

— Thomas Nagel

A people among whom there is no habit of spontaneous action for a collective interest - who look habitually to their government to command…

— John Stuart Mill

One who is wise and disciplined, always kind and intelligent, humble and free from pride. One like this will be praised.

— Gautama Buddha

A foolish ruler, a weak child, and a person mad after riches, desire that which can not be procured.

— Ritu Ghatourey

The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself a philosopher. I say he is…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

One who has not only the four Ss, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet. as for example¦ Agreeable,…

— Miguel De Cervantes

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average man

— W R Inge

The citizen ... preserved the resolute bearing of one who was not to be frowned down or daunted, and who cared very little for…

— Charles Dickens