Political Quotes

If they could withdraw an officer from the command of the President and select him for the performance of an executive duty, they might upon the same principle annex to an appropriation to carry on a war a condition requiring it not to be used for the defense of the country unless a particular person of its own selection should command the Army.

the country has been eminently prosperous in all its material interests.

If this were not the case, then by the purchase of a new territory from a foreign government out of the public Treasury Congress could enlarge their own powers.

It is now discovered, however, that it will require half a million more for the completion of the Washington Aqueduct.