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George Bancroft Quotes

1800–1891 United States

George Bancroft (October 3 1800 – January 17 1891) was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national and international levels. During his tenure as U.S.

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Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and if a story is told of more than common interest, ennui is sure to have its joy in adding embellishments. If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

Literary and Historical Miscellanies (1855)

If a juror accepts as the law that which the judge states then that juror has accepted the exercise of absolute authority of a government employee and has surrendered a power and a right that once was the citizen's safeguard of liberty.

The History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States (1882)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Bancroft (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.