George Bancroft Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

George Bancroft quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased historian born on Sep 30, 1882). These are the last 4 out of 14 quotes we have for him.

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“Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.”

“The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.”

“The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.”

“If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.”

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