Charles Sumner Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Charles Sumner:

I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Charles Sumner

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

Charles Sumner

The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.

Charles Sumner

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.

Charles Sumner

I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.

Charles Sumner