Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Thomas Reed

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Thomas Reed
American - Politician
October 18, 1839 - December 7, 1902

If there's one thing for which I admire you, it's your original discovery of the Ten Commandments.

Thomas Reed

It is a very lonely life that a man leads, who becomes aware of truths before their times.

Thomas Reed

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.

Thomas Reed

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

Thomas Reed

One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted.

Thomas Reed

They could do worse, and they undoubtedly will.

Thomas Reed

All the wisdom of the world consists of shouting with the majority.

Thomas Reed

The only justification of rebellion is success.

Thomas Reed

There is, and always has been, one tremendous ruler of the human race - and that ruler is that combination of the opinions of all, the leveling up of universal sense which is called public sentiment. That is the ever-present regulator and police of humanity.

Thomas Reed

A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.

Thomas Reed

The reason why the race of man moves slowly is because it must move all together.

Thomas Reed

They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

Thomas Reed

If human progress had been more a matter of leadership we should be in Utopia to-day.

Thomas Reed

The best system is to have one party govern and the other party watch.

Thomas Reed

Politics is mostly pill-taking.