"The power of collecting money from the people……" — Oliver Ellsworth
"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 the prosperity of a nation as private credit is for the support and wealth of a family."
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Oliver Ellsworth
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13 Quotes by Oliver Ellsworth
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the…
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for…
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The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none…
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The charge of being ambiguous and indefinite may be brought against every human composition, and necessarily arises from the imperfection…
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Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power…
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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