William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819) was an early American statesman who was notable for signing the United States Constitution, for representing Connecticut in the United States Senate, and for serving as president of Columbia University.
Read more about William Samuel Johnson: Early Career, American Revolution, New Nation, Contributions To The Constitutional Convention
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“If you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)