“Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.”
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
