John Randolph Quotations

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse was made Consul

Life is not so important as the duties of life

Mean spirits under disappointment, like small beer in a thunderstorm, always turn sour

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

What we need is people to call us and provide us with as much information as possible, ... We need the community to be our eyes and ears.

We are relieved. It was a really long trial. They (the jury) clearly were paying attention.

A state can no more give up part of her sovereignty than a lady can give up part of her virtue

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

Bob Moore loves people and loves the Town of Palm Beach. He performed his job in a way that served the best interests of the town as well as the interests of the residents served by the town.

That guy was unbelievable. I haven't seen a guy like that since college. It's been a long time since I've seen a guy with great post moves like that.

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money

I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if it had not been for one thing, the remembrance of the time when my sainted mother used to make me kneel by her side, taking my little hands in hers, and caused me to repeat

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.