I regard this as a mild form of lunacy, and have no disposition to debate with men who indulge in such delusions, which have prevailed to some extent, at different times, in all countries, but whose life has been brief, and which have ever shared the fate of other popular delusions.
Sherman expresses his disdain for certain economic delusions that he considers irrational.
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The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
You have all contributed, more or less, in perverting the public mind as to our principles and purposes.
Our gold dollar is certainly as good a unit of value as the franc; and so the English think of their pound sterling.
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