In guarding against an evil of such magnitude consideration of temporary convenience should be thrown out of the question, and we should be influenced by such motives only as look to the honor and preservation of the republican system.
Jackson argues that considerations of long-term honor and preservation should outweigh temporary conveniences in governance.
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It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.
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.
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