The best Quotes by James Fenimore Cooper

The best Quotes by James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune.

It is not a very difficult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one who will tell, with a reasonable degree of graphic effect, what he has seen, will not fail to carry the reader with him; for the interest we all feel in personal adventure is, of itself, success.

Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect its current acquisitions, but will go on improving as long as means and opportunities offer; while he who finds himself ignorant of most things, is only too apt to shrink from a labour which becomes Herculean.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes to Europe finds his greatest pleasure, at first, in hunting up the memorials of the past. Each is in quest of novelty, and is burning with the desire to gaze at objects of which he has often read.

A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.

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This is why you never go to New Jersey!

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The results of a new study are out this week saying that New Jersey is one of the most livable states in the country. The study has a margin of error of 100 percent.

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Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, we gotta go to Jersey.

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I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan.

Kevin Smith

The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.

Harlan Coben

Los Angeles traffic is just the worst thing in the world. It throws off timing so much. However, it's always warm and sunny. New Jersey has absolutely terrible weather, but the environment is really homey and chill.

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You're asking me if I have any gum? That's like asking New Jersey if it has any sl-ts!

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They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to New Jersey - and that's pretty much the same thing.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

Nelson Mandela

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This is America. Anyone can eat what they want, as long as they eat too much.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Thomas Jefferson in Declaration of Independence

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We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Martin Luther King

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Not only are you wrong... but you are belligerently sticking to your guns and insulting me in the process. Robin Scherbatsky, you are an American.

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Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Francis Scott Key - Star-Spangled Banner

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We all know, of course, what to make of our newspapers. The deaf man writes down what the blind man has told him, the village idiot edits it, and their colleagues in the other press houses copy it.

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Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

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Fake news travel quick and far.

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April 1st Fake News

You can't call someone a fraud, a liar, and a fake and hide under the First Amendment.

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The Royal Family's wealth, unline their gene pool, is massive.

John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) - The Monarchy

How romantic it must be to get imprisoned in a castle and made to squeeze out heirs.

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The bluer the blood, the sweeter it spills.

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Trapped within the system. Like the rest of my family are, my father and my brother, they are trapped. They don't get to leave and I have huge compassion for that.

Prince Harry - March 2021, Interview with Oprah Winfrey

I sometimes still feel I am living in a goldfish bowl.

Prince Harry

There's a lot of times that both myself and my brother wish, obviously, that we were just completely normal.

Prince Harry

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

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