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What is most important of this grand experiment, the United States? Not the election of the first president but the election of its second president. The peaceful transition of power is what will separate this country from every other country in the world.

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The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.
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.
You have only one way to convince others, listen to them.
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.
It is impossible to govern the world without God. It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly implore his protection and favor.
A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.
Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.
Honesty is always the best policy.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money