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You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.
You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.
Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever
debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor read more
Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever
debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be,
decided among men. A resolution was passed without one
dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right
ought to be, free and independent States.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but
where men are who know how read more
Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but
where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are
cities and walls.
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in read more
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my read more
Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my political life, which is this: a belief that that country is best governed, which is least governed ...
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.