Alexander Hamilton:
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?

Frederick W. Faber quotes

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.
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For right is right, since God is God and right the day must win. To doubt would be disloyalty, to falter would be sin.
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Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.
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Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.
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The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
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They always win who side with God.
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