Quotes by

James Bryce

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existance. – James Bryce

There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut. – James Bryce

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows. – James Bryce

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce

The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. – James Bryce

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. – James Bryce

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce

He showed that fame may be won and what services be rendered by a plain son of the people unaided by any gifts of fortune. – James Bryce