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America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to "the common good", but by the productive genius of free men read more
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to "the common good", but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes
There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it it does not need to convince others read more
There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it it does not need to convince others by force that it is right
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to read more
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory
A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory
States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have read more
States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and ramifications; the first bad weather kills them
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with read more
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.
I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it read more
I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
