Wednesday, December 17, 2003
“The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people.”
- Walter Bagehot (1826 – 1877), English economist and political philosopher: “The English Constitution”, 1867.
“There is a higher law than the Constitution.”
- William Seward (1801 – 1872), American senator and public offical: speech against the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850.
“A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring;
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drink largely sobers us again.”
- Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744), English poet, translator and editor: “An Essay on Criticism”, 1711.
“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seek.”
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797), English feminist, writer and teacher: “A Vindication of the Rights of Men”, 1790.
- Walter Bagehot (1826 – 1877), English economist and political philosopher: “The English Constitution”, 1867.
“There is a higher law than the Constitution.”
- William Seward (1801 – 1872), American senator and public offical: speech against the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850.
“A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring;
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drink largely sobers us again.”
- Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744), English poet, translator and editor: “An Essay on Criticism”, 1711.
“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seek.”
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797), English feminist, writer and teacher: “A Vindication of the Rights of Men”, 1790.
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