American Principles

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or principles:

“The American spring is by no means so agreeable as the American autumn; both move with faltering step, and slow; but this lingering pace, which is delicious in autumn, is most tormenting in the spring.”
—Frances Trollope (1780–1863)

“Custom is our nature.... What are our natural principles but principles of custom?”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)