"A decent and manly examination of the acts……" — William Henry Harrison
"A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged."
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17 Quotes by William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison has 17 quotes on this site.
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Times change, and we change with them.
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All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to…
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The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to…
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We admit of no government by divine right, believing that so far as power is concerned the Beneficent Creator has…
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The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.
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The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain…
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Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a…
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Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.
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The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.
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There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise…
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I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and…
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The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.
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More Acts Quotes
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
— Aristotle
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The act of dying is one of the acts of life.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
— Teresa of Avila
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
— Sai Baba
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
— Philip James Bailey
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
— Bernard Baruch
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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a…
— Joseph Addison
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The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself.…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long…
— Alfred Adler
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
— William Blake
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Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of…
— John Boehner
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