We cannot make Events. Our Business is wisely to improve them. There has been much to do to confirm doubting Friends & fortify the Timid. It requires time to bring honest Men to think & determine alike even in important Matters. Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
LeadershipAdaptationAgencyChangeDecision makingEmotionsHuman nature
Sometimes external factors limit our ability to improve events regardless of wisdom.
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!
He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all. Our forefathers threw off the yoke of Popery in religion; for you is rese…
He who is void of virtuous Attachments in private Life, is, or very soon will be void of all Regard for his Country. There is seldom an Instance of a Man guilt…
It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it.
Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.