Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – 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
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
Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows. – James Bryce
As you grow older, youll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and dont you forget it — whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash. – Harper Lee