Quotes by James Bryce

“In medicine, as in statecraft and propaganda, words are sometimes the most powerful drugs we can use.”

“Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.”

“We have seen that the American Constitution has changed, is changing, and by the law of its existence must continue to change, in its substance and practical working even when its words remain the same”

“Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows.”

“There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787 It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut.”

“A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature”

“Goethe once said of someone, He is a dull man. If he were a book, I would not read him.”

“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.”

“No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be thrown out of their lifes course by a mere accident.”

“Creating industry standards that provide real-world value is a collaborative effort involving experts and leaders from a broad cross-section of specialties,”

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it

Why then seek to complete in a few decades what took the other nations of the world thousands of years? Why, in your hurry to subdue and utilize nature, squander her splendid gifts? You have opportunities such as mankind has never had before, and may never have again.

An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward Gentlemen let there be no mistake. I should make a good president but a very bad candidate.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.