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Ezra Stiles Quotes

Ezra Stiles quotes

American Clergyman November 29, 1727 – May 12, 1795

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Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right. Ezra Stiles
It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest. Ezra Stiles
But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years. Ezra Stiles
A few scattered accounts, collected and combined together, may lead us to two certain conclusions: 1. That all the American Indians are one kind of people; 2. That they are the same as the people in the northeast of Asia. Ezra Stiles
In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom. Ezra Stiles
There are reasons for believing that the English increase will far surpass others, and that the diffusion of the United States will ultimately produce the general population of America. Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles quote: "Let a bill, or law, be read, in the one branch or the other,..."
Let a bill, or law, be read, in the one branch or the other, every one instantly thinks how it will affect his constituents. Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles quote: "With the people, especially a people seized of property,..."
With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power. Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles quote: "The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in..."
The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom. Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles quote: "A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite..."
A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments. Ezra Stiles
The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people. Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles quote: "But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the..."
But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. Ezra Stiles
The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the liberty, free exercise, and unmolested enjoyment of this right. Ezra Stiles
It gives me pleasure to find that public liberty is effectually secured in each and all the policies of the United States, though somewhat differently modeled. Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles quote: "War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been..."
War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven. Ezra Stiles

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