A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties. |
Defense was the name of the game, ... This is a big win for the program — a huge win. We were knocking on the door last year and we thought we could get it going this year. |
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. |
The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded. |
There's nothing left . . . but to get drunk. |
With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined. |