association quotes

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.

I don’t like politicians, and I don’t like politics. I definitely don’t want to be associated with any of them.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.