Quotes by Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Benjamin Robbins Curtis

American attorney

Lived from: 1809 - 1874

Born: 4 november 1809 Died: 15 september 1874

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  • He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness.
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  • No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.
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  • No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provide a supreme judicature by which error and partiality may be corrected.
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  • The mind as well as the body must be not only strong but well disciplined in order to act with promptness and vigor in new and untried situations. It is hard to turn men's minds from the old and deeply worn channels in which they have long been flowing.
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  • There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed.
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  • Whatever may be the merits of a religious system, its effects upon the mass of mankind must depend in an important degree upon its teachers. All instruction and all truth, except simple mathematical truth, is modified by the medium through which it is conveyed.
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What are the most famous quotes from Benjamin Robbins Curtis?

The two most famous quotes from Benjamin Robbins Curtis are:

  • "He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness."
  • "No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself."

When did Benjamin Robbins Curtis live?

Benjamin Robbins Curtis was born in 1809 and died in the year 1874.