Junius Quotes

1769-1771, Anonymous British Letter Writer
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“Oppression is more easily endured than insult.”
Insults
“How much easier is it to be generous than just.”
Generosity
“Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.”
Discretion
“The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils.”
Decisions
“The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.”
Justice
“The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.”
Integrity
“It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.”
Coward and Cowardice
“The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.”
Media
“There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.”
Persuasion
“When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.”
Persuasion
“One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.”
Facts
“It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one members suffers, all the members suffer with it.”
Politicians and Politics