Edmund Morgan Quotes

Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.

Edmund Morgan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1916 - July 8, 2013

Topics

GodGovernmentPeopleVoiceFirst

Everybody's after a new morning. What do we have to run up and salute tomorrow?

Robert Stone

MorningTomorrowNewRunUpSalute

If teaching isn't rewarding and challenging, we're going to continue to lose our best teachers to work in other fields.

Michael Bennet

WorkBestLoseTeachersGoingOur

I am fortunate that I have two older brothers, and they have definitely helped me with being competitive just to keep up with them. We were always encouraged to try what we wanted to do. As long as we tried our hardest and did the best we could, it didn't matter what we did.

Simone Manuel

BestI AmMeLongMatterTry

The beauty of the Internet is there's a niche market for everything, and if you can focus on it, you can build a sustainable and viable business of it.

Michelle Phan

BeautyBusinessFocusInternetYou

As far as the 'Mad Men' thing, I love 'Mad Men.' It's one of my favorite shows; I think it's an amazing series.

Michael Mosley

LoveMenAmazingThinkMadFar

The conditions were terrible. The farmworkers were only earning about 70 cents an hour at that time - 90 cents was the highest wage that they were earning. They didn't have toilets in the fields; they didn't have cold drinking water. They didn't have rest periods. People worked from sunup to sundown. It was really atrocious.

Dolores Huerta

TimeWaterPeopleColdRestEarning

I don't fear challenge.

Bozoma Saint John

FearChallenge

The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are children.

Antonio Porchia

ChildrenNobodyKnowHandWhoWhom

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

Anne Sexton

SoulDownListenHardCloseYour

For me, it's very important that the people I'm working with are feeling happy.

Pilou Asbaek

HappyPeopleMeFeelingImportant

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.

Rick Perry

GovernmentAmericaProsperityWay

I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony.

Noah Wyle

JobNeverSteadyHoldGuyBecause

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