James Fenimore Cooper - Society Quotes

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The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society.

James Fenimore Cooper

Many words are in a state of mutation, the pronunciation being unsettled even in the best society, a result that must often arise where language is as variable and undetermined as the English.

James Fenimore Cooper

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

James Fenimore Cooper

Some changes of language are to be regretted, as they lead to false inferences, and society is always a loser by mistaking names for things.

James Fenimore Cooper

Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations in a popular base, is in the checks and balances imposed on the public servants.

James Fenimore Cooper