Donald pointed vaguely once in a while and declared, “This place has never looked better since George Washington lived here.” The historian was too polite to point out that the house hadn’t been opened until after Washington had died.
“Next to hating their enemies, men are most inclined to flatter them.”
― Democracy in America
― Democracy in America
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after† orphans and widows† in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
― NIV Study Bible, eBook
― NIV Study Bible, eBook
“That which is not good for the bee-hive, cannot be good for the bee.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly;”
― Common Sense
― Common Sense
“But a democracy can only obtain truth as the result of experience, and many nations may forfeit their existence whilst they are awaiting the consequences of their errors.”
― Democracy in America: Volume 1
― Democracy in America: Volume 1
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