"No condition ought to exist which would justify the grant of power to a single official, upon his judgment of its necessity, to withhold from or release to the business of the people money held in the..."
"This wrong inflicted upon those who bear the burden of national taxation multiplies a brood of evil consequences."
"The simple and plain duty which we owe the people is to reduce taxation to the necessary expenses of an economical operation of the Government."
"The amount of money annually exacted from the industries and necessities of the people largely exceeds the sum necessary to meet the expenses of the Government."
"It will not do to neglect this situation because its dangers are not now palpably imminent and apparent."
"I do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 24th day of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer."
"I request, therefore, that no further steps be taken in the matter except to examine and inventory these flags and adopt proper measures for their preservation."
"Any direction as to the final disposition of them should originate with Congress."
"the return of these flags is not authorized by existing law nor justified as an executive act"
"The history of each flag and the circumstances of its capture or recapture should be given."
"The within request is approved and the reservation is made and proclaimed accordingly."
"the use and occupancy of the land in question be subject to such right, title, and interest as the Indians have in and to the same"
"it be vacated whenever the interest of the Indians shall require it, upon notice to that effect to the Secretary of War."
"Monuments and statues multiply throughout the land, fittingly illustrative of the love and affection of our grateful people."
"If from this hour our admiration for the bravery and nobility of American manhood and our faith in the possibilities and opportunities of American citizenship be renewed, the dedication of the statue ..."
"This statue of a distinguished citizen, who in his life and services combined all these things and more, which challenge admiration in American character."
"She is now under the general law receiving precisely the pension which she would receive under the bill herewith returned if the same should be approved."
"The Government is not an almoner of gifts among the people, but an instrumentality by which the people's affairs should be conducted upon business principles, regulated by the public needs."
