More from William Henry Harrison

  1. There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited…
  2. The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repe…
  3. The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the…
  4. The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed
  5. The chains of military despotism once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.
  6. The American backwoodsman -- clad in his hunting shirt, the product of his domestic industry, and fighting for the country he loves, he is …
  7. Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.
  8. I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free

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