The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.
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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
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No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
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The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.
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I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.
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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
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Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
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Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.
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