And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?
From Thomas Babington Macaulay
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.
The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.
A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.
And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?
A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.
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