The men who carry their points do not need to inquire of their constituents what they should say, but are themselves the country which they represent: nowhere are its emotions or opinions so instant and so true as in them; nowhere so pure from a selfish infusion.


Essays and Lectures (ed. Library of America, 1983) - ISBN: 9780940450158

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The men who carry their points do not need to inquire of their constituents what they should say, but are themselves the country which they...

The men who carry their points do not need to inquire of their constituents what they should say, but are themselves the country which they...

The men who carry their points do not need to inquire of their constituents what they should say, but are themselves the country which they...

The men who carry their points do not need to inquire of their constituents what they should say, but are themselves the country which they...