human nature Quotes

Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out... ...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our organization which often makes a mans course seem crooked his conduct a riddle.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Human nature will not change in any future great national trial compared with the men of this we shall have as weak and as strong as silly and as wise as bad and as good.

I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.

I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.