It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.

The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of ideas that almost universally prevail, that the principles which animated to the noblest exertions have been nearly annihilated.

The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization.

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.

General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York.

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.

The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair.

Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last.

The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul.

A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy.

On the evening of December 25, General Washington in a most severe season crossed the Delaware with a part of his army, then reduced to less than 2000 men in the whole.

Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to milder methods.

A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia.

The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.

The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition.

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability.

The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.

But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without suffering itself to be disguised by the prejudices of man.

Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.

By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers.

A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United States was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia.

Great advantages are often attended with great inconveniences and great minds called to severe trials.

Mankind may amuse themselves with theoretic systems of liberty but we can only discern its true value by the practical and wretched effects of slavery.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

The grace of God is courtesy.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.

When a language creates as it does a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

All doors open to courtesy.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.

The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.

It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.

Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed.

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is military, theatrical, and at its most coherent probably a lasting repudiation of empty courtesy and bureaucratic euphemism.

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.