"In spite of every discouragement that has arisen, the general results have demonstrated that the correct theory was adopted."
"Such actions are always taken on the assumption that they are a public benefit."
"We reach the conclusion that it is desirable to understand the principles and policies which have contributed to our success and attempt to continue to keep them in operation."
"It was obvious that the farther away from them the power of government was located, and the less control they had over it, the more danger there was that it would be exercised arbitrarily and despotic..."
"Measured by that standard, the results are exceedingly satisfactory."
"Without clear comprehension of the direction from which we have come, we can not chart the direction in which we should go."
"When authority is located afar off, it is necessarily less well informed, less sympathetic, and less responsive to public requirements."
"If the American Revolution had one note that was more dominant than another, it was the principle that the people were competent to run their own business and manage their own government."
"No more enticing subject for discussion exists than the success with which our country has been blessed from the Revolutionary period down to the present hour."
"We have every desire to see that great people, who are traditional friends, restored to their position among the nations of the earth."
"I should like very much to have a measure for helping the farmer in accordance with my various messages to the Congress."