Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

The people of the South have too much of good sense, and good temper, to attempt the ruin of the government ... At least, so I hope and believe.

While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration... can very seriously injure the government

My focus is on governance. Country has been at greatest loss because governments were run only for elections. Governments must not run only for elections. The government should be a bona fide attempt of meeting the demands and expectations of the common people.

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.

Let's do in the federal Government only those things that people themselves cannot do at all, or cannot so well do in their individual capacities.