Quotes by John Witherspoon

• Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
• Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.
• Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.
• The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches.