7 Quotes & Sayings By George Bancroft

George Bancroft was a leading figure in the history of the United States, who was named an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California by Governor James G. Ingersoll and served as President of the California State Senate. He wrote numerous books and articles, the most famous of which was his biography of George Washington. His biography was updated and published in 1999 and is currently used in schools and universities in the United States and around the world Read more

George Bancroft is best known for his autobiography, Memoirs of My Life (1890), which remains an important source about early American history.

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Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement George Bancroft
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By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy. George Bancroft
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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. George Bancroft
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Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement. George Bancroft
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The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority. George Bancroft
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The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another. George Bancroft