By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this. But I do say that in all disputes between them and their rulers, the presumption is at least upon a par in favour of the people.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.
The parties are the gamesters; but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.