No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.
James BryceThree-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows.
James BryceIn Europe we have cities wealthier and more populous than yours and we are not happy. You dream of your posterity; but your posterity will look back to yours as the golden age, and envy those who first burst into this silent, splendid Nature.
James Bryce