My opinion is that no state can, in any way lawfully, get out of the Union, without the consent of the others; and that it is the duty of the President, and other government functionaries to run the machine as it is.

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.

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

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

In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere.

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.