An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.

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We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on...

We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on...

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor...

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor...

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would...

Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would...

One country, one constitution, one destiny

One country, one constitution, one destiny

He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.

He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our...

On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our...

Knowledge is the only fountain both of the love and the principles of human liberty

Knowledge is the only fountain both of the love and the principles of human liberty

The law: it has honored us; may we honor it.

The law: it has honored us; may we honor it.

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes...

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes...

I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are...

I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are...

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.