The World Has Nothing To

Public Opinion: May It Always Perform One Of Its Appropriate Offices, By Teaching The Public Functionaries Of The State And Of The Federal Government, That Neither Shall Assume The Exercise Of Powers Entrusted By The Constitution To The Other.

The Passion For Office Among Members Of Congress Is Very Great, If Not Absolutely Disreputable, And Greatly Embarrasses The Operations Of The Government. They Create Offices By Their Own Votes And Then Seek To Fill Them Themselves.

If A Man . . . Would Shake And Not Be Shaken, Grip And Not Be Gripped, Taking Care Always To Squeeze The Hand Of His Adversary As Hard As It Squeezed Him, Then He Suffered No Inconvenience From It.

When I Observed A Strong Man Approaching I Generally Took Advantage Of Him By Being A Little Quicker Than He Was And Seizing Him By The Tip Of The Fingers, Giving Him A Hearty Shake, And Thus Preventing Him From Getting A Full Grip Upon Me.

The World Has Nothing To Fear From Military Ambition In Our Government.