Thomas Reed
One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.Collection: Hope
One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted.
It is a very lonely life that a man leads, who becomes aware of truths before their times.
If there's one thing for which I admire you, it's your original discovery of the Ten Commandments.
To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.Collection: Life
They could do worse, and they undoubtedly will.Collection: Political
The best system is to have one party govern and the other party watch.Collection: Party
A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.Collection: Successful
All the wisdom of the world consists of shouting with the majority.Collection: Majority
If human progress had been more a matter of leadership we should be in Utopia to-day.Collection: Progress
The reason why the race of man moves slowly is because it must move all together.Collection: Moving
The only justification of rebellion is success.Collection: Rebellion
There is, and always has been, one tremendous ruler of the human race - and that ruler is that combination of the opinions of all, the leveling up of universal sense which is called public sentiment. That is the ever-present regulator and police of humanity.Collection: Race
Politics is mostly pill-taking.Collection: Political
Let a man proclaim a new principle. Public sentiment will surely be on the other side.Collection: Men