FREEDOM · VERIFIED · EN

George Savile Quote

“When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.”

— George Savile

Source: Quotables — alvations/Quotables (CC0 1.0 dataset)

Attribution status: verified · Publication status: cleared

Explore more quotes attributed to George Savile or browse freedom quotes.

If you believe this quote is incorrectly attributed or should be removed, see Copyright and quote corrections.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

— George Savile

Wisdom

Read quote

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.

— George Savile

Wisdom

Read quote

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

— George Savile

Wisdom

Read quote

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

— George Savile

Wisdom

Read quote

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

— George Savile

Wisdom

Read quote

The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.

— Mori

Freedom

Read quote