Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books >>

Wherever work is done, victory is attained. >>

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of >>

Quotations about Conservatives

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radica >>

The word conservative is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abus >>

The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds a >>

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo