Famous quotes containing the word despair:
“Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)