Protection And Patriotism Are Reciprocal.

True Consistency, That Of The Prudent And The Wise, Is To Act In Conformity With Circumstances, And Not To Act Always The Same Way Under A Change Of Circumstances.

It Would Be Well For Those Interested To Reflect Whether There Now Exists, Or Ever Has Existed, A Wealthy And Civilized Community In Which One Portion Did Not Live On The Labor Of Another; And Whether The Form In Which Slavery Exists In The South Is Not But One Modification Of This Universal Condition... Let Those Who Are Interested Remember That Labor Is The Only Source Of Wealth, And How Small A Portion Of It, In All Old And Civilized Countries, Even The Best Governed, Is Left To Those By Whose Labor Wealth Is Created.

The Government Of The Absolute Majority Instead Of The Government Of The People Is But The Government Of The Strongest Interests; And When Not Efficiently Checked, It Is The Most Tyrannical And Oppressive That Can Be Devised.

To Maintain The Ascendancy Of The Constitution Over The Lawmaking Majority Is The Great And Essential Point On Which The Success Of The [american] System Must Depend; Unless That Ascendancy Can Be Preserved, The Necessary Consequence Must Be That The Laws Will Supersede The Constitution; And, Finally, The Will Of The Executive, By Influence Of Its Patronage, Will Supersede The Laws . . .

A Power Has Risen Up In The Government Greater Than The People Themselves, Consisting Of Many And Various Powerful Interests, Combined In One Mass, And Held Together By The Cohesive Power Of The Vast Surplus In Banks.