It is only by a firm, able, and determined opposition-- not yielding to every friendly request, not yielding to every urgent demand, not yielding to every appeal--that we can expect to reform the abuse in the administration of the government.
Sherman emphasizes the importance of strong opposition to government abuses for effective reform.
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Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.
Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
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