Quotes about Man by William Godwin

William Godwin English Writer

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.

Quote by William Godwin about man

He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.

Quote by William Godwin about man

I know many men who are misanthropes, and profess to look down with disdain on their species. My creed is of an opposite character. All that we observe that is best and most excellent in the intellectual world, is man.

Quote by William Godwin about man

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

Quote by William Godwin about man

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.

Quote by William Godwin about man

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

Quote by William Godwin about man

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

Quote by William Godwin about man

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

Quote by William Godwin about man

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men.

Quote by William Godwin about man