Junius Quotes


"The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils."
- Junius
"There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves."
- Junius
(Related: Politics, Religion, Zeal)

"When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith."
- Junius
(Related: Faith, Absurdity, Doctrine)

"Whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute."
- Junius
(Related: Heart, Understanding)

"The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman."
- Junius
(Related: Rights, Liberty, Press, Religious)

"The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public."
- Junius
(Related: Injustice, Public, Service)

"The right of election is the very essence of the constitution."
- Junius
(Related: Constitution, Right)

"One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine."
- Junius
(Related: Doctrine, Fact, Law, Today, Yesterday)

"How much easier is it to be generous than just."
- Junius
"Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion."
- Junius
(Related: Discretion)

"Oppression is more easily endured than insult."
- Junius
(Related: Insult, Oppression)

"It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it."
- Junius
(Related: Truth, Body)

"It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so."
- Junius
"It is not that you do wrong by design, but that you should never do right by mistake."
- Junius
(Related: Design, Mistake, Right, Wrong)