The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
Alexander Hamilton

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.
Arthur Schopenhauer

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
J. Paul Getty

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
Francis Bacon

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.
Francis Bacon

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.
Gertrude Stein

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.
Susan Sontag

One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.
Emma Goldman

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.
John McCain

I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.
Satchel Paige

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
Edmund Burke

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
Edmund Burke

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Edmund Burke

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
William Penn

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
Elizabeth Taylor