William Henry Harrison

When this corrupting passion once takes possession of the human mind, like the love of gold it becomes insatiable.

Limited as are the powers which have been granted, still enough have been granted to constitute a despotism if concentrated in one of the departments.

This danger is greatly heightened, as it has been always observable that men are less jealous of encroachments of one department upon another than upon their own reserved rights.

The spirit of liberty is the sovereign balm for every injury which our institutions may receive.

It is in periods like this that it behooves the people to be most watchful of those to whom they have intrusted power.

Never with my consent shall an officer of the people, compensated for his services out of their pockets, become the pliant instrument of Executive will.

If parties in a republic are necessary to secure a degree of vigilance sufficient to keep the public functionaries within the bounds of law and duty, at that point their usefulness ends.