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Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.
Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in read more
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible
struggle.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
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.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and read more
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.