A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.

In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support [salary] is a power over his will.

Nothing is more natural to men in office, than to look with peculiar deference towards that authority to which they owe their official existence.

There is a contagion in example which few men have sufficient force of mind to resist.

A national debt if it is not excessive will be to us a national blessing; it will be powerfull cement of our union. It will also create a necessity for keeping up taxation to a degree which without being oppressive, will be a spur to industry.