The ostensible supporters of the Constitution, like the ostensible supporters of most other governments, are made up of three classes, viz.: 1. Knaves, a numerous and active class, who see in the government an instrument which they can use for their own aggrandizement or wealth. 2. Dupesa large class, no doubteach of whom, because he is allowed one voice out of millions in deciding what he may do with his own person and his own property, and because he is permitted to have the same voice in robbing, enslaving, and murdering others, that others have in robbing, enslaving, and murdering himself, is stupid enough to imagine that he is a free man, a sovereign; that this is a free government; a government of equal rights, the best government on earth, and such like absurdities. 3. A class who have some appreciation of the evils of government, but either do not see how to get rid of them, or do not choose to so far sacrifice their private interests as to give themselves seriously and earnestly to the work of making a change.
Lysander Spooner
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Seneca
Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight
William Safire
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Voltaire
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it
William Makepeace Thackeray
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
Charles Schwab
Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some larger outlook is gained, when some nobler purpose is formed, when some task is well done.
Sophia Lyon Fahs
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
Margaret Cousins
By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
Voltaire
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
Cyril Connolly
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
Cyril Connolly