James Harrington Quotes
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The blushing cheek speaks modest mind,The lips befitting words most kind,The eye does tempt to love's desire,And seems to, say 'tis "Cupid's fire.
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The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men.
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Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.
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Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.
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A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform... therefore a whole army is afraid of one man.
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And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a city or a nation, and rule it according to his or their private interest; which, because the laws in such cases are made according to the interest of a man, or of some few families, may be said to be the empire of men, and not of laws.
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No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.
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