When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the…

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I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

Public calamity is a mighty leveler

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Good order is the foundation of all good things

Good order is the foundation of all good things

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles,...

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.