It is not to be supposed that they will object to make such comparatively inconsiderable sacrifices for the preservation of rights and privileges which other less favored portions of the world have in vain waded through seas of blood to acquire.
Second Annual Message
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It is from within, among yourselves--from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power--that factions will be formed and liberty endangered.
It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.
The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.
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