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The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made
by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, read more
The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made
by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an
insult.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our read more
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.
The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.
Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.
Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work read more
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.
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?
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
regards its own people, is the strongest government read more
Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
regards its own people, is the strongest government in the world
at this hour? And for this simple reason, that it is based on
the will, and the good will, of an instructed people.
