8 Quotes by Thomas Day
- 1.
But what has America to boast? What are the graces or the virtues which distinguish its inhabitants? What are their triumphs in war, or their inventions in peace?
Thomas Day - 2.
I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman.
Thomas Day - 3.
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.
Thomas Day - 4.
We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.
Thomas Day - 5.
In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.
Thomas Day - 6.
When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror.
Thomas Day - 7.
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
Thomas Day - 8.
But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification.
Thomas Day