Charles A. Beard

Quotes

• “American government did not originate in any abstract theories about liberty and equality, but in the actual experience ...”
• “All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of ...”
• “It would indeed be a sad misfortune if man were released from the necessity of work and struggle, for it is a well-known...”
• “It is sobering to reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to...”
• “You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go ...”
• “The crowning feature of the federal system is the supremacy of the judiciary over all other branches of government in ma...”
• “The Industrial Revolution has two phases: one material, the other social; one concerning the making of things, the other...”
• “When it is dark enough you can see the stars.”
• “When its dark enough you can see the stars.”