“Either force or corruption has been the principle of every modern government.”
Monthly Archives: September 2006
On the problems of other countries:
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
“How easily we prescribe for others a cure for their difficulties, while we cannot cure our own.”
On the problems of other countries:
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
“How easily we prescribe for others a cure for their difficulties, while we cannot cure our own.”
On the size of the military:
Monday, September 25, 2006
“The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.”
On the need for punishment in the justice system:
Friday, September 22, 2006
“No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former only. If our government ever fails, it will be from this weakness.”
On keeping the public informed:
Thursday, September 21, 2006
“No ground of support for the Executive will ever be so sure as a complete knowledge of their proceedings by the people; and it is only in cases where the public good would be injured, and because it would be injured, that proceedings should be secret. In such cases it is the duty of the [...]
On accurate intelligence:
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
“It is much easier to avoid errors by having good information at first, than to unravel and correct them after they are committed.”
On avoiding involvement in other countries’ governmental changes:
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
“I freely admit the right of a nation to change its political principles and constitution at will, and the impropriety of any but its own citizens censuring that change.”
On international justice:
Monday, September 18, 2006
“Nations may be brought to justice by appeals to their interests as well as by appeals to arms.”
On public education aiding the performance of civic duties:
Friday, September 15, 2006
“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. And it requires no very high degree of education to convince them of this. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”