Junius
Junius
Junius was the pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of letters to the Public Advertiser, from 21 January 1769 to 21 January 1772. The signature had been already used, apparently by him, in a letter of 21 November 1768. These and numerous other personal letters were not included in his Letters of Junius collection, published in 1772...
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Let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence; without it no man can be happy, nor even honest.
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One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.
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Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.
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It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it.
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Whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.
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When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.
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It is not that you do wrong by design, but that you should never do right by mistake.
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He was so fine. I was just wishing he could have took me home with him,
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There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.
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The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.
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It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
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The Liberty of the press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.
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How much easier is it to be generous than just.
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Compassion to an offender who has grossly violated the laws is, in effect, a cruelty to the peaceable subject who has observed them.