“A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. Authority without virtue is a very dangerous state.” ShouldStatesLawCan DoVirtueDangerousJudgingMastersAuthorityMinistersBoastGood Judges Author:Thomas F. Wilson
“The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency has arisen to fear people who fear government. Government, as the Father of Our Country put it so well, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. People who understand history, especially the history of government, do well to fear it. For a people to express openly their fear of those of us who are afraid of tyranny is alarming. Fear of the state is in no sense subversive. It is, to the contrary, the healthiest political philosophy for a free people.” PeopleWellsCountryStatesPhilosophySeemsGovernmentPoliticalCertainFatherDangerousMastersGunContraryCirclesTyrannyTendenciesConclusionOur CountryServantFearfulPolitical PhilosophySubversive Author:Jeff Cooper
“We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.... [The organized moneyed people] are unanimous in their hate for me and I welcome their hatred.... I should like to have it said of my second administration that these forces met their master.” PeopleKnowsShouldSaidGovernmentHateForceDangerousMastersMetsHatredWelcomeAdministrationOrganized Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Learning is not to be tacked to the mind, but we must fuse and blend them together, not merely giving the mind a slight tincture, but a thorough and perfect dye. And if we perceive no evident change and improvement, it would be better to leave it alone; learning is a dangerous weapon, and apt to wound its master if it be wielded by a feeble hand, and by one not well acquainted with its use.” IfsGivingMindWellsUseHandsWould BeTogetherPerfectLearningDangerousMastersWeaponsWoundsImprovementPerceiveEvidentThoroughFuse Author:Michel de Montaigne
“The society girl meets more dangers than the girl on the stage. There is more danger at a tango tea than in the theatre. The actor is less dangerous than the dancing master.” GirlActorsStageDangerousDangerMastersDancingDanceTheatreTeaTango Author:Lillian Russell
“Money is a good servant, a dangerous master.” WealthMoneyDangerousMastersServant Author:Francis Bacon
“How dangerous a master human emotion is!” HumansEmotionDangerousMastersHuman Emotions Book:The Spiritual Man Source: The Spiritual Man