A Little Flattery Will Support A Man

It Is Better To Spread Trust All Around Than To Hand Out Money!

The Public Lands Are A Public Stock, Which Ought To Be Disposed Of To The Best Advantage For The Nation.

It Is Only When The People Become Ignorant And Corrupt, When They Degenerate Into A Populace, That They Are Incapable Of Exercising The Sovereignty. Usurpation Is Then An Easy Attainment, And A Usurper Soon Found. The People Themselves Become The Willing Instruments Of Their Own Debasement And Ruin. Let Us, Then, Look To The Great Cause, And Endeavor To Preserve It In Full Force. Let Us By All Wise And Constitutional Measures Promote Intelligence Among The People As The Best Means Of Preserving Our Liberties.

[in A Republic,] It Is Not The People Themselves Who Make The Decisions, But The People They Themselves Choose To Stand In Their Places.

To Impose Taxes When The Public Exigencies Require Them Is An Obligation Of The Most Sacred Character, Especially With A Free People.