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An armed disciplined body is, in its essence, dangerous to liberty; undisciplined, it is ruinous to society.

Those that have joined with their honor great travels, cares, or perils, are less subject to envy.

Nearly all of us recognize that as intricacies of human relationships increase, so power to govern them also must increase--power to stop evil; power to do good.

The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.

Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy

Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him?

It is in periods like this that it behooves the people to be most watchful of those to whom they have intrusted power.

His duty is to administer the present Government as it came to his hands and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor.

Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.

In administering the laws of Congress I shall keep steadily in view the limitations as well as the extent of the Executive power trusting thereby to discharge the functions of my office without transcending its authority.

The laws of the United States must be executed.

Nay, ’tis woman’s strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil.

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.

The Constitution defines the functions and powers of the executive as clearly as those of either of the other two departments of the Government, and he must answer for the just exercise of the discretion it permits and the performance of the duties it imposes.

At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens.

This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.

What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.

It decrees that we, the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.

Our constitutional system amply provides for the protection of minorities by means other than giving them majority control of state legislatures.

When the Government acts to take away the fundamental right of citizenship, the safeguards of the Constitution should be examined with special diligence.

The economy of injustice is to furnish resources for the fund of corruption.