Facts about Joseph Howe

Occup.Politician
FromCanada
BornDecember 13, 1804
DiedJune 1, 1873
Aged68 years

Summary

Joseph Howe was a famous Politician from Canada, who lived between December 13, 1804 and June 1, 1873. He/she became 68 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac sagittarius, who is known for Philosophical, Motion, Experimentation, Optimism. Our collection contains 7 quotes who is written / told by Joseph.

7 Famous quotes by Joseph Howe

Small: My public life is before you and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in solitud
"My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in solitude to the labours of my profession, the only questions I ask myself are, What is right? What is just? What is for the public good?"
Small: Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Brita
"Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised?"
Small: My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty of
"My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty of purse cannot exclude me - in which the meanest and most paltry volume is sure to furnish something to amuse, if not to instruct and improve"
Small: Will you, my countrymen, the descendants of these men, warmed by their blood, inheriting their language
"Will you, my countrymen, the descendants of these men, warmed by their blood, inheriting their language, and having the principles for which they struggled confided to your care, allow them to be violated in your hands?"
Small: They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared
"They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other"
Small: Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no
"Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the wide circle of the empire would submit to such an infraction of their privilege, even if a judge could be found daring enough to attempt it"
Small: We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations
"We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations"