Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

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I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the...

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go...

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go...