Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
James Russell Lowell
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts
James Russell Lowell
The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed; Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod, Than be true to Church and State while we are doubly false to God.
James Russell Lowell
Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.
James Russell Lowell
I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
James Russell Lowell
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat
James Russell Lowell