"Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. Already they have raised up a monied aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs"
"Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government."
"Experience has shown that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."
"The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force."
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
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