Top 70 William Godwin Quotes (2024 Update)
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William Godwin Quote: “The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.”

51. “The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.”

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William Godwin Quote: “Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes – the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion.”

52. “Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes – the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “A celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin.”

53. “A celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “What power there is in the word my.”

54. “What power there is in the word my.”

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William Godwin Quote: “In a well-written book we are presented with the maturest reflections, or the happiest flights of a mind of uncommon excellence. It is impossible that we can be much accustomed to such companions without attaining some resemblance to them.”

55. “In a well-written book we are presented with the maturest reflections, or the happiest flights of a mind of uncommon excellence. It is impossible that we can be much accustomed to such companions without attaining some resemblance to them.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.”

56. “Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.”

57. “The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.”

58. “We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.”

59. “There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life.”

60. “We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life.”

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William Godwin Quote: “The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men. The first of these a just philosophy will probably induce us universally to explode.”

61. “The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men. The first of these a just philosophy will probably induce us universally to explode.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.”

62. “The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.”

63. “The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.”

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William Godwin Quote: “Till we come to try to put our own thoughts upon paper, we can have no notion how broke and imperfect they are, or find where the imperfection lies. Language is a scheme of machinery of so subtle a kind, that it is only by long habits that we can learn to conduct it in a masterly manner, or to the best purposes.”

64. “Till we come to try to put our own thoughts upon paper, we can have no notion how broke and imperfect they are, or find where the imperfection lies. Language is a scheme of machinery of so subtle a kind, that it is only by long habits that we can learn to conduct it in a masterly manner, or to the best purposes.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question.”

65. “In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question.”

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William Godwin Quote: “One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.”

66. “One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “Our judgment will always suspect those weapons that can be used with equal prospect of success on both sides.”

67. “Our judgment will always suspect those weapons that can be used with equal prospect of success on both sides.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “To do what is forbidden always has its charms, because we have an indistinct apprehension of something arbitrary and tyrannical in the prohibition.”

68. “To do what is forbidden always has its charms, because we have an indistinct apprehension of something arbitrary and tyrannical in the prohibition.”

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William Godwin Quote: “Nothing could’ve been more easy to predict, than that it was of no avail for him to have right on his side when his adversary had influence and wealth, and therefore could so victoriously justify any extravagancies that he might think proper to commit. This maxim was completely illustrated in the sequel. Wealth and despotism easily know how to engage those laws as coadjutors of their oppression, which were perhaps at first intended for the safeguards of the poor.”

69. “Nothing could’ve been more easy to predict, than that it was of no avail for him to have right on his side when his adversary had influence and wealth, and therefore could so victoriously justify any extravagancies that he might think proper to commit. This maxim was completely illustrated in the sequel. Wealth and despotism easily know how to engage those laws as coadjutors of their oppression, which were perhaps at first intended for the safeguards of the poor.”

— William Godwin

William Godwin Quote: “It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.”

70. “It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.”

— William Godwin

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