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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.


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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.



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.



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.



Times change, and we change with them.

Times change, and we change with them.



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.



The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.

The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.



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.



All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess.

All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess.



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.



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.





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