The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.

Quote by James Knox Polk

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The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable,...

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable,...

Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better...

Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better...

I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right...

I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right...

When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, this...

When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, this...

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever...

The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever...

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

Government should be concerned with anti-social conduct, not with utterances.

Government should be concerned with anti-social conduct, not with utterances.

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a...

What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a...

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason....

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason....

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as...

The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

Government must help to eliminate cars so that bicycles can help to eliminate government.

Government must help to eliminate cars so that bicycles can help to eliminate government.

My belief has always been . . . that wherever in this land any individual's...

My belief has always been . . . that wherever in this land any individual's...

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam...

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam...

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian...

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian...

The cause of Peace has had my share of efforts, taking the ultra non-resistance ground...

The cause of Peace has had my share of efforts, taking the ultra non-resistance ground...