Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY!
Home - Quote Topics - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Author Nationalities

Authors:    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z 

Google Web brainyquote.com   
Algernon Sydney Quotes

There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices.
Algernon Sydney

Vote on this Quote:

Bad <---> Good
Type:
Politician Quotes
Category:
English Politician Quotes
Year of Birth:
1623
Year of Death:
1683
Nationality:
English
Amazon:
Algernon Sydney on Amazon

Related Authors:
Harold MacMillan
William Cobbett
George Savile
Jeffrey Archer
Kenneth Clarke
Anne Campbell
Estelle Morris
Algernon Sydney

More Algernon Sydney Quotations:
- A general presumption that...
- All the nations they had...
- Everyone sees they cannot well...
- God leaves to Man the...
- Laws and constitutions ought...
- Many things are unknown to...


- No right can come by...
- Such as have reason...
- That is the best Government...
- The best Governments of the...
- The common Notions of Liberty...
- The general revolt of a...

- The truth is, man is...
- There may be a hundred...
- This submission is a restraint...
- Tis hard to comprehend how...
- To depend upon the Will...
- Who will wear a shoe...

Quote Keywords: Army, Commanders, Equally, Excel, Fit, Free, Hundred, Leaders, May, Men, Most, Naturally, Offices, Only, Performance, Required, Right, Those, Thousand, Virtues, Who Dictionary Links: Army, Equally, Excel, Fit, Free, Hundred, May, Men, Most, Naturally, Only, Performance, Required, Right, Those, Thousand, Who

Quotes    RSS Feeds        Copyright 2008 BrainyMedia.com