Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure

Quote by Thomas Erskine

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Let him who plays the monarch be a king; Who plays the rogue, be perfect...

Let him who plays the monarch be a king; Who plays the rogue, be perfect...

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the...

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the...

Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been...

Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been...

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the...

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the...

In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.

In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.

The French have taste in all they do - which we are quite without; For...

The French have taste in all they do - which we are quite without; For...

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons...

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons...

To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you...

To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you...

The worst thing in the world, next to anarchy, is government.

The worst thing in the world, next to anarchy, is government.

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

God is a great expense but government would be impossible without him.

God is a great expense but government would be impossible without him.

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even...

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even...

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

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 the government is in jeopardy, it is not because we are unable to cope...

If the government is in jeopardy, it is not because we are unable to cope...

Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form...

Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form...

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we...

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.