Author: William Henry Harrison

Quotes

All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

- William Henry Harrison

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

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

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

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

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

- William Henry Harrison

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

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