In many cases, it will connect itself with preexisting factions and will enlist all the animosities, the partialities, the influence and the interest in one side or the other. And in such cases, it will always be dangerous that the decision will be regulated more by a comparison of strength of the parties, rather than the demonstration of innocence or guilt. |
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will. |
In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will |
In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources |
It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from |
It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic. |
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. |
Learn to think continentally. |
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. |
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have is this. When I have a subject in mind. I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it... the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought. |
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. |
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty. |
Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will. |
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing |
Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint. |