Famous quotes containing the words virtue and/or system:
“virtue lies therein,
A secret virtue bringing peace and mirth
By flight of sin.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have survived a long process of trial and error and of ceaseless response to changing circumstances. If the system works well on the whole, it is a lucky accident—the luckiest, indeed, that can befall a society.”
—Edward C. Banfield (b. 1916)