Logo
The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perple

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies. – Alexis de Tocqueville

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
great
category

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. – Jack Kerouac

Category:
great

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I dont mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. – John Ruskin

Category:
great

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them. – Arthur Schopenhauer

Category:
great

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Category:
great

Random Quotes

The new spirituality is that it will produce an experience in human encounters in which we become a living demonstration of the basic spiritual teaching We are all one. – Neale Donald Walsch

Category:
Experience

Let the people think they govern, and they will be governed. – William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693

Category:
Government

Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular. – E.V. Lucas

Category:
Women
[Y]ou remember someone said that God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December…. – J.M. Barrie, “Courage” (The Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews Universit

Category:
Yearbooks