Joseph P. Bradley Quotes
All cannot rule, nor can all be ruled. All cannot plow, nor can all sow, nor reap. No more can all neglect such employments, else the race would become extinct. Each has his business to perform, his part to act. It is a duty he owes to the rest as well as to himself.
Citations
Bradley, Joseph P. Miscellaneous Writings of the Late Hon. Joseph P. Bradley. Edited by Charles Bradley, L. J. Hardham, 1902.
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Joseph Philo Bradley was an American jurist best known for his service on the United States Supreme Court, and on the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election.