Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure. (John Buchan)

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

John Buchan

Related topics

adventure ambition crown honorable men life politics public worthy young

Related quotes

When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. View quote
Frédéric Bastiat
LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy. View quote
Oscar Wilde
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. View quote
Louisa May Alcott
The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. View quote
Plato
I have, all my life long, been lying till noon yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good. View quote
Samuel Johnson