They appeared at times when public men often seemed to be groping in the dark on an unknown road, but it is now evident that the road which has been taken is substantially the road they marked out.
Reid reflected on how his ideas on expansion provided guidance during uncertain times for public leaders.
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Congress is supreme, and, for all the purposes of this department, has all the powers of the people of the United States, except such as have been expressly or by implication reserved in the prohibitions of the Constitution.
A paper that is not as free to censure as to approve, has no virtue in its support, and no importance attaches to its utterances.
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