I find the remark, Tis distance lends enchantment to the view is no less true of the political than of the natural world.
Source: Letter, 1832; in Power Quotes, by Daniel B. Baker, 1991.
-- Franklin Pierce, (Nov 23 1804-1869), US president (14th); He was the 14th U.S. president, 1853-57; tried unsuccessfully to end sectional controversy over slavery.