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George Bancroft quotes: Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

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

George Bancroft quotes: Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the eagle.

Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the eagle.

George Bancroft quotes: The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

George Bancroft quotes: 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 quotes: The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

George Bancroft quotes: Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.

Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.

George Bancroft quotes: Avarice is the vice of declining years.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

George Bancroft quotes: 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 quotes: Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.

Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.

George Bancroft quotes: Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

George Bancroft quotes: It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.

George Bancroft quotes: I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history.

I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history.

George Bancroft quotes: The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.

George Bancroft quotes: Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world.

Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world.

George Bancroft quotes: In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.

In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.

George Bancroft quotes: Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age.

Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age.

George Bancroft quotes: 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 quotes: Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity.

Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity.

George Bancroft quotes: 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 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 quotes: If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?