“Some always allege that excessive freedom ultimately destroys itself; while others fear on the contrary that authority, which by its nature always grows, will finally degenerate into tyranny.”— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Discourse on Universal History (1681), Part III, ch. viShare
“The greatest weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear weak.”— Jacques-Bénigne BossuetShare
“Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.”— Nelson MandelaShare
“I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.”— Thomas JeffersonShare
“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the publick to be the most anxious for its welfare.”— Edmund BurkeShare
“The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.”— W. H. AudenShare
“I doubt if a charging elephant, or a rhino, is as determined, or hard to check, as a socially ambitious mother.”— Will RogersShare
“Though I admire republican principles in theory, yet I am afraid the practice may be too perfect for human nature.”— Horace WalpoleShare
