Quotes by Junius

• The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.
• The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils.
• There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.
• When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.
• Whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.
• The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.
• The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.
• The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.
• One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.
• How much easier is it to be generous than just.
• Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.
• Oppression is more easily endured than insult.
• 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.
• It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
• It is not that you do wrong by design, but that you should never do right by mistake.