If the title of a great man ought to be reserved for him who cannot be charged with an indiscretion or a vice, who spent his life in establishing the…

- Jared Sparks

When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something.

- Jared Sparks

Whoever would understand the character of Washington, in all its compass and grandeur, must learn it from his own writings, and from a complete histo…

- Jared Sparks

Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with …

- Jared Sparks