Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
government people liberty
The people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberties. In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy . . . Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone.
politics said repent
We often repent of what we have said, but never, never, of that which we have not.
knowledge eye men
Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he knows nothing but what has passed under his own eyes.
happiness believe perfect
Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it is what I have steadfastly believed.
freedom law democracies-have
Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves.
freedom government interesting
In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.
fear leaving sometimes
I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy.
family heaven firsts
The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.
experience littles ordinary
The ordinary affairs of a nation offer little difficulty to a person of any experience.
differences politics principles
But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.
men years office
No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and its moments of ecstasy would be ransomed by years of torment and hatred.
moments moments-in-time glorious
Peace, that glorious moment in time when everyone stops and reloads.
bills
Our bills shall not be killed.
people
Our people shall be free