America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.
It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience! - James F. Cooper
It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!
- James F. Cooper
Advice is not a gift, but a debt that the old owe to the young. - James F. Cooper
Advice is not a gift, but a debt that the old owe to the young.
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority, t… - James F. Cooper
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority, t…
If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own. - James F. Cooper
If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own.
The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind. - James F. Cooper
The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind.
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. - James F. Cooper
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore.
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights… - James F. Cooper
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights…
Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other. - James F. Cooper
Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.
It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay. - James F. Cooper
It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.
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