“A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.”
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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.
