Quotes from authors born in 1782
I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.
Niccolo Paganini
The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
Martin Van Buren
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
Daniel Webster
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.
Daniel Webster
The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.
Martin Van Buren
Alan Parsons 
Michelle Branch 
Judy Holliday 
John Mayall 
Gerald Brenan 
Zerelda G. Wallace 
Bertha von Suttner 
Doris Day