But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.

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We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it.

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The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.

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When there is no vision, there is no hope.

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Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.

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A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.

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You have only one way to convince others, listen to them.

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Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.

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The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.

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There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money

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