James Harrington Quotations

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

What they're doing is totally illegal. You cannot stop and question and search people without a search warrant and probable cause.

We know exactly what had to be done and we executed it well,

If they needed anything they'd call me but for the most part the staff continues to do what they're doing,

If they think they can intimidate the City Council, they're sadly mistaken, ... We're going to do what we think is the right thing when it comes to this. We're going to do our jobs.

I think part of this clearly is to chill free-speech activity because it also resonates throughout the entire Hispanic community.

We worked very hard to get our message out even though there were a lot of distractions. We kept on message and kept our message positive, ... The campaign starts tomorrow.

We are spending thousands of dollars a year to bring and train firefighters and then suddenly losing these guys in two or three years.

Fairness for Good Drivers is bringing the campaign for fairness and choice in auto insurance rates to consumers across Massachusetts with these television and radio ads. We hear from people everyday that they are tired of paying too much for auto insurance. Massachusetts drivers want change and they want it now. It is time to fix it.

The tapes and what's being said on them is being taken out of context by the government,

The older generation did without things to hang on to the land, but their children don't have as high a regard for the history of the property. They want to buy boats and cars. A lot have gotten the idea of moving north to Dawson County.

Absolutely not. Actually it's quite the opposite. It's taking time away from the campaign,

It's not because you didn't have the overtime. You made the decisions based on what you believed was the right thing to do,

I really believe I can bring a leadership to Brockton by bringing people together,

I confess that the magistrate upon his bench is that to the law which a gunner upon his platform is to his cannon.

The blushing cheek speaks modest mind,The lips befitting words most kind,The eye does tempt to love's desire,And seems to, say 'tis "Cupid's fire.

And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a city or a nation, and rule it according to his or their private interest; which, because the laws in such cases are made according to the interest of a man, or of some few families, may be said to be the empire of men, and not of laws.

Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.

A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform... therefore a whole army is afraid of one man.

The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men.

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.

The Colonies . . . are yet babes that cannot live without sucking the breasts of their mother-Cities . . .