Hume/people

Famous quotes containing the words hume and/or people:

“To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)

“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserves a republic in vigour. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)