Author: George Bancroft

Quotes

If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

- George Bancroft

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

- George Bancroft

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

- George Bancroft

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

- George Bancroft

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

- George Bancroft

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

- George Bancroft

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

- George Bancroft

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.

- George Bancroft

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