According to reason, any person intrusted with the guardianship of particular interests becomes personally responsible with regard to them, especially if he undertakes to barter them against other interests for which he is personally responsible.
Sumner argues that individuals entrusted with specific interests bear personal responsibility for them, especially when negotiating against other interests.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
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