Oliver Ellsworth Quotes

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• All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting…
• Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood…
• The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be…
• Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates to maintain these…
• Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
• It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation…
• A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
• A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in…
• The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy men will from…
• The charge of being ambiguous and indefinite may be brought against every human composition, and necessarily arises from the imperfection of language. Perhaps no two…
• Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array and support a…
• A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
• The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public credit is as necessary for…

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