“The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.”
Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 44
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“The Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be employed.”
“Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”
“I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.”
“Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators.”
“We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven.”
“Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every-day news of the times.”
“Yes, gentlemen, to all His creatures, to the whole great family of man.”
“Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.”
“Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.”
“I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men.”
“What all agree upon is probably right; what no two agree in most probably is wrong.”
“The most effectual hitherto found is the freedom of the press.”
“We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.”
“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”
“Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.”