George Bancroft Quotes

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

  George Bancroft

  Patriotic, Rights, People

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• En nueve de cada diez ocasiones, la lengua calumniadora pertenece a una persona decepcionada.

  George Bancroft

  Nine, Tongue, Slander

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

  George Bancroft

  Jesus, Names, Pages

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• The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

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  Sabio, Sabiduría, Ignorancia

  "Literary and Historical Miscellanies" by George Bancroft, New York: Harper, (p. 430), 1855.

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

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  Civilization, People, Progress

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• 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

  Life, Law, Justice

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• 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

  Patriotic, Government, People

  George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.421

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• La medida exacta del progreso de la civilización es el grado en que la inteligencia de la mente común ha prevalecido sobre la riqueza y la fuerza bruta.

  George Bancroft

  Government, Civilization, Mind

  "Literary and Historical Miscellanies". "The Office of the People in Art, Government and Religion", pp. 426-427. Book by George Bancroft, 1855.

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• The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

  George Bancroft

  Men, Rights, Government

  George Bancroft (1851). “History of the United states”, p.340

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

  George Bancroft

  Kings, Government, Calvinism

  'History of the United States' (1855 ed.) vol. 3, ch. 6

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

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  Luxury, Lap, Libertine

  George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.424

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• 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?

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  Character, Joy, Stories

  George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.64

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• No en vano ha vivido Lincoln, pues ha contribuido a hacer de esta república un ejemplo de justicia, sin más casta que la casta de la humanidad.

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  Justice, Humanity, Example

  George Bancroft (1866). “Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln: Delivered, at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of America, Before Them, in the House of Representatives at Washington, on the 12th of February, 1866”, p.42

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• De común acuerdo, las canas son una corona de gloria: el único objeto de respeto que nunca puede despertar envidia.

  George Bancroft

  Respect, Hair, Envy

  George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.75

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

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  Scandal, Hours, Heavy

  George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.64

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

  George Bancroft

  Life, Errors, Mirrors

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• Avarice is the vice of declining years.

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  Years, Greed, Vices

  George Bancroft (1845). “History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent, to the End of the Late War”, p.130

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• The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

  George Bancroft

  Public Speaking, Critics, Wiser

  George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.417

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

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  Mean, Desire, Fit

  George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.48

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

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  Fall, Government, Eagles

  George Bancroft (1855). “History of the United States, from the discovery of the amarican continent”, p.8

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• 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.

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  Real, Rain, Fall

  George Bancroft (1841). “History of the Colonization of the United States”, p.49

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

  George Bancroft

  Age, Library, Genius

  George Bancroft “History of the United States, from the discovery of the amarican continent”

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• En 1688 Inglaterra contrajo con los Países Bajos la mayor deuda que una nación puede tener con otra. Al no saber cómo recuperar sus libertades, éstas fueron restauradas por hombres de las Provincias Unidas.

  George Bancroft

  Men, Knowing, History

  George Bancroft (1875). “History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent”, p.59

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

  George Bancroft

  Style, World, Seeds

  George Bancroft (1837). “A history of the United States”, p.348

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• The charities of life are scattered everywhere, enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows. They are not the fruit of study, nor the privilege of refinement, but a natural instinct.

  George Bancroft

  Life, Flower, Natural Instinct

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