No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses. — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
It means that through knowledge have come responsibility and hope, and through both, action. — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to… — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks,… — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
“If we are to violate the Constitution, will the people submit to our unauthorized acts? Sir, they ought not to submit; they would deserve… — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
