Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.
James F. CooperHistory, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.
James F. CooperAll that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.
James F. CooperFriendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.
James F. Cooper