Famous quotes containing the words republican and/or character:
“A man of great employments and excellent performance used to assure me that he did not think a man worth anything until he was sixty; although this smacks a little of the resolution of a certain Young Mens Republican Club, that all men should be held eligible who are under seventy.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“One never gets to know a persons character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments.... It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)