Quotes by Gibbon, Edward

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. >>

The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particul >>

Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious histor >>

Quotations about Liberty

It is not true that democracy will always safeguard freedom of conscie >>

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. >>

The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave. >>

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.

Gibbon, Edward