Adam Ferguson Quotes

The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning. - Adam Ferguson

Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate. - Adam Ferguson

Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men. - Adam Ferguson

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many. - Adam Ferguson

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