As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.
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The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suff...
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I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its 'successful experiment' that corruption has been imputed to many memb...
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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
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All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.
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Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of...
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All who wish to hand down to their children that happy republican system bequeathed to them by their revolutionary fathers, must now take thei...
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It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
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In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is entitled to protection by ...
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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
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Being the dependents of the general government, and looking to its treasury as the source of all their emoluments, the state officers, under w...
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The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.
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It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
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Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
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It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word
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Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated...
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Andrew Jackson was the first one to think up the idea to promise everybody that if they will vote for you, you will give them an office when you get it, and the more times they vote for you, the bigger the office.
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Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find t...
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Justice Marshall has made his decision. Let him enforce it.
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Tell my son how anxious I am that he may read and learn his Book, that he may become the possessor of those things that a grateful country has...
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I am fearful that the paper system ... will ruin the state. Its demoralizing effects are already seen and spoken of everywhere ... I therefore...
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One man with courage makes a majority
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The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.
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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
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You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.
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One man with courage makes a majority.
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My political enemies I can freely forgive; but as for who abused me when I was serving my country in the field, and those who attacked me for ...
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