James Harrington quotes

“Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.”
-- James Harrington

Source : James Harrington, John Toland, John Hall (1737). “Oceana”, p.516

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“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.”
-- James Harrington

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

Source : James Harrington (1737). “The Oceana and Other Works”, p.42

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“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.”
-- James Harrington

Source : James Harrington, J. G. A. Pocock (1992). “Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics'”, p.9, Cambridge University Press

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“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.”
-- James Harrington

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“The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men.”
-- James Harrington

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“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.”
-- James Harrington

Source : 1656 The Commonwealth of Oceana.

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“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.”
-- James Harrington

Source : James Harrington, J. G. A. Pocock (1992). “Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics'”, p.9, Cambridge University Press

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“I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers

“This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.”

“No one man is superior to the game.”

“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.”

“Religions survive mainly because they brainwash the young.”

Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books

“A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.”

“I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Almighty Creator. By fighting the Jews, I am doing the Lord's work.”

“Whatever we repress eventually develops aspects of terror.”

Source : Christin Lore Weber (1997). “Circle of Mysteries: The Women's Rosary Book”, p.197, Yes International Publishers

“Horror is always aware of its cause; terror never is. That is precisely what makes terror terrifying.”

“The terror and beauty of the dream come from the connection of previously unrelated mundanities of life.”