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William Henry Harrison quotes: I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

William Henry Harrison quotes: The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

William Henry Harrison quotes: A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

William Henry Harrison quotes: There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

William Henry Harrison quotes: Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

William Henry Harrison quotes: Conscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown.

Conscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown.

William Henry Harrison quotes: To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.

To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.

William Henry Harrison quotes: The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.

The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.

William Henry Harrison quotes: The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

William Henry Harrison quotes: The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

William Henry Harrison quotes: Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.

Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.

William Henry Harrison quotes: I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

William Henry Harrison quotes: The virtue of its Citizens is the only Support of a Republican government

The virtue of its Citizens is the only Support of a Republican government