Quotes by Junius

"The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils."

Junius on decisions   

"Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion."

Junius on discretion   

"One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine."

Junius on facts   

"How much easier is it to be generous than just."

Junius on generosity   

"Oppression is more easily endured than insult."

Junius on insults   

"The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions."

Junius on integrity
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"The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public."

Junius on justice   

"The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman."

Junius on media   

"There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves."

Junius on persuasion   

"When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith."

Junius on persuasion   

"It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one members suffers, all the members suffer with it."

Junius on politics   

"It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so."

Junius on war