The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.
William Henry HarrisonThe people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred exercise of the lawmaking functions of their government.
William Henry HarrisonConscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown.
William Henry HarrisonThe 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.
William Henry Harrison