#eve

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#government #i #i believe #i believe that #people

Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#discussion #enemy #every #free #free discussion

Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#attempt #bear #cannot #every #god

True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#never #occasion #peace #permanent #permanent peace

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#man #mercy #never #noble #powers

The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#barriers #between #border #england #extension

There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or fancying that they wish to try or making believe to fancy that they wish to try, to bring back the Middle Ages. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#art #back #believe #bring #fancy

Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#beings #both #existence #implied #indications

Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#am #any #architecture #cannot #church

The only way to ensure that our promise to provide every opportunity for students with disabilities, and help them achieve their full potential, is to give our schools the dollars they need. ↗

— Gordon Smith

#disabilities #dollars #ensure #every #full