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| Every state will be delivered from its calamities when by the favor of fortune, great power unites with wisdom and justice in one person. Plato. | 1 |
| Fleets and armies are not always the strongest bulwarks, the best resources of the sovereign are in his family. Titus. | 2 |
| Flight toward preferment will be but slow without some golden feathers. | 3 |
| Free man, free goods. (So free ships, free goods. American.) German. | 4 |
| He that depends on popular will, swims with fins of lead and hews down oaks with rushes. Shakespeare. | 5 |
| He that does anything for the public is accounted to do it for nobody. | 6 |
| In the affairs of state the prince alone ought to decide, the empress alone should concern herself with domestic affairs. Chinese. | 7 |
| In the East a conqueror is always succeeded by a coward, and the founder of an empire by a fool. | 8 |
| In the old republic, money was despised and virtue was the energy of the state. Tacitus. | 9 |
| Liberty with laws and government without oppression. | 10 |
| Party is organized opinion. Benjamin Disraeli. | 11 |
| Places are gods, placemen are the devil. German. | 12 |
| Power and fortune must concur with prudence and virtue to effect anything great in a political capacity. Plato. | 13 |
| Private persons are to be advised to take care of themselves, but persons in a public character to take care of others. Pelopidas. | 14 |
States of native liberty possess’t,
The very poor may be very blest. Goldsmith. | 15 |
| The best and securest of all keys is the friendship of the people. (Remark of Antigonus when advised to sieze upon Athens as the key of all Greece.) | 16 |
| The common people believe without proof and they soon find the author of that that never happened. Tacitus. | 17 |
| The common people pardon no faults in any man. | 18 |
| The complaisance which produces popularity is the source of the greatest operations of government. Plato. | 19 |
| The extinction of party is the origin of faction. Walpole. | 20 |
| The fate of a nation will ultimately depend upon the strength and health of the population. Benjamin Disraeli. | 21 |
| The fickle populace always change with the prince. Claudianus. | 22 |
| The first man who ruined the Roman people was he who first gave them treats and gratuities. Plutarch. | 23 |
| The foundation of every state is its education of its youth. Diogenes. | 24 |
| The higher our position the more modestly should we behave. Cicero. | 25 |
| The most successful legislators are those who have consulted the genius of the people. Benjamin Disraeli. | 26 |
| The noblest motive is the public good. Virgil. | 27 |
| The only security for civil rights is political power. Pitt. | 28 |
| The people follow the example of those above them. Chinese. | 29 |
| The people’s voice, God’s voice. French, Italian, German, Spanish. | 30 |
| The people will worship a calf if it be a golden one. | 31 |
| The principle of Dutch finance is to mortgage industry to protect property. Benjamin Disraeli. | 32 |
| The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it. Cato the Elder. | 33 |
| The public man needs but one patron, viz., the lucky moment. Bulwer. | 34 |
The stale that strives for liberty though foiled,
Deserves at least applause for her attempt. Cowper. | 35 |
| The unbought loyalty of men is the cheap defence of nations. Burke. | 36 |
| The utility of my country is the spring that guides all my actions. Cato the Younger. | 37 |
| There can be no affinity nearer than our country. Plato. | 38 |
| ’Tis easier to drag a rock from the bottom of the sea than the sentiments of right from the hearts of the people. Daniel Webster. | 39 |
| We may endeavor to persuade our fellow citizens but it is not lawful to force them even to that that is best for them. Plato. | 40 |
What constitutes a state?
* * * * Men who their duties know,
But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain. Sir William Jones. | 41 |
| When crows are the guides of a people they lead the carcasses to the dogs. Egyptian. | 42 |
When vice prevails and impious men bear sway,
The post of honor is a private station. Addison. | 43 |
| Where the love of the people is assured the seditious are thwarted. Bias. | 44 |
| What belongs to the public belongs to nobody. | 45 |
| Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to reign. Italian. | 46 |
| Who serves the public serves no one. Italian, Dutch. | 47 |
| Will he who cannot manage his own household affairs attend to the management of a country? Tamil. | 48 |
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