It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
The truth is that men are tired of liberty.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence the morality the justice and the interest of the people themselves.