Search results for Late Antiquity (4th-5th centuries AD)

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

Thomas Jefferson

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

James Madison

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

John Quincy Adams, John Dryden

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

Thomas Jefferson

He serves his party best who serves the country best.

Rutherford B. Hayes

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

James A. Garfield

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

Benjamin Harrison

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

Jimmy Carter

I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

Bill Clinton

In the middle of the journey of our life, I found myself within a dark forest, for the straight way had been lost.

Dante Alighieri