Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
patriotic men evil
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
power stronger favors
One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it.
funny yield law-students
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour
dream religious book
It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it (i.e. the Book of Revelations), and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherence of our own nightly dreams.
men age looks
Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
agriculture liberty four
Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.
society morality citizenship
A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.
religion orthodox-christianity separation-of-church-and-state
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
coffee america giving
The superiority of chocolate (hot chocolate), both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain.
country freedom gun
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.
change revolution needs
Every generation needs a new revolution.
inspirational bible god
Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.
animal vegetarian-diet vegetarianism
I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet.
democracy foundation educated
The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate.