If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth. George Bancroft More Quotes by George Bancroft More Quotes From George Bancroft Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. George Bancroft patrioticrightspeople Beauty is but the sensible image of the infinite. Like truth and justice, it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law, it is a companion of the soul. George Bancroft lawjusticelife It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king. George Bancroft calvinismgovernmentkings If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal? George Bancroft scandalheavyhours I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history. George Bancroft pagesnamesjesus By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy. George Bancroft envyrespecthair In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her liberties, they were restored by men of the United Provinces. George Bancroft knowingmenhistory In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. George Bancroft slandertonguenine The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another. George Bancroft governmentrightsmen 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 governmentmindcivilization 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 patrioticgovernmentpeople 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 examplehumanityjustice The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people. George Bancroft progresscivilizationpeople Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and if a story is told of more than common interest, ennui is sure to have its joy in adding embellishments. If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal? George Bancroft storiesjoycharacter Avarice is the vice of declining years. George Bancroft greedvicesyears Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world. George Bancroft seedsstyleworld The public is wiser than the wisest critic. George Bancroft wiserpublic-speakingcritics Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age. George Bancroft librarygeniusage The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred. George Bancroft ignorancewisdomwise 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 eaglesgovernmentfall
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