Quotes by George Bancroft

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Historian and statesman · American · 1800–1891

American historian and statesman (1800–1891)

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“The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.”

“By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy. ”

“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement”

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“The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.”
— George Bancroft
Progress Mind Wealth

“The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.”
— George Bancroft
Best Free People

“The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.”
— George Bancroft
Measure Class Rights

“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement”
— George Bancroft
gossip truth

“By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy. ”
— George Bancroft
Envy Crown Glory