The Extremes Of Opulence And Of Want

America, With The Same Voice Which Spoke Herself Into Existence As A Nation, Proclaimed To Mankind The Inextinguishable Rights Of Human Nature, And The Only Lawful Foundations Of Government.

The Law Given From Sinai Was A Civil And Municipal As Well As A Moral And Religious Code; It Contained Many Statutes . . . Of Universal Application-laws Essential To The Existence Of Men In Society, And Most Of Which Have Been Enacted By Every Nation Which Ever Professed Any Code Of Laws.

If There Have Been Those Who Doubted Whether A Confederated Representative Democracy Were A Government Competent To The Wise And Orderly Management Of The Common Concerns Of A Mighty Nation, Those Doubts Have Been Dispelled.

To Believe That Everyone Is Honest Is Folly, But To Believe That No One Is Honest Is Worse.

I Want The Seals Of Power And Place, The Ensigns Of Command, Charged By The People's Unbought Grace, To Rule My Native Land. Nor Crown, Nor Scepter Would I Ask But From My Country's Will, By Day, By Night, To Ply The Task Her Cup Of Bliss To Fill.