Political Quotes

The bond directed to be given by this bill would afford the Government no protection, since it only provides against repayment of the bond in the future, whereas the payment we should suffer from has already been made.

The ownership and management by the Government of penitentiaries...have at last to a slight extent been realized.

I believe no greater danger confronts us as a nation than the unhappy decadence among our people of genuine and trustworthy love and affection for our Government as the embodiment of the highest and best aspirations of humanity.

The shocking features of the situation had been mitigated.