The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world. James F. Cooper affairbusinessconsult Change image and share on social
Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. James F. Cooper belongbreedcandor Change image and share on social
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate. James F. Cooper activebribecostly share on social
Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions. James F. Cooper appreciateeffectexception Change image and share on social
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party. James F. Cooper corruptdefeatlead Change image and share on social
They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory. James F. Cooper affirmaimboldly share on social
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society. James F. Cooper childcitizencontrol share on social
America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies. James F. Cooper americacolonyestablish Change image and share on social
It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. James F. Cooper agencyaimevil Change image and share on social
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny. James F. Cooper besetdemocracyexhibit Change image and share on social
