Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

James Francis Byrne

American Jurist, Statesman of South Carolina including House of Representatives, Secretary of State, Governor and Justice of the Supreme Court

"Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them."

"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death."

"Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life."