Political Quotes

The law creates two new officers, whose aggregate compensation may be $12,000 per annum, without, it seems to me, a justifying necessity.

The first and second and the third and fourth of these provisions are reciprocal in their nature

It was given in a generous spirit, and I think the result of it has been that our relations with that brave people, whose history is so full of martial achievements and prowess, as well as with the sister Republics of South America, are…

The law should at least have contained a provision for the continued discharge of their duties by the incumbents until the new officers were appointed and qualified.