The Founders Of The Republic Dealt With

Frequently The More Trifling The Subject, The More Animated And Protracted The Discussion.

The Constitutionality And Propriety Of The Federal Government Assuming To Enter Into A Novel And Vast Field Of Legislation, Namely, That Of Providing For The Care And Support Of All Those ... Who By Any Form Of Calamity Become Fit Objects Of Public Philanthropy. ... I Cannot Find Any Authority In The Constitution For Making The Federal Government The Great Almoner Of Public Charity Throughout The United States. To Do So Would, In My Judgment, Be Contrary To The Letter And Spirit Of The Constitution And Subversive Of The Whole Theory Upon Which The Union Of These States Is Founded.

There Is Nothing Left To Do But Get Drunk.

There's Nothing Left . . . But To Get Drunk.

I Can Express No Better Hope For My Country Than That The Kind Providence Which Smiled Upon Our Fathers May Enable Their Children To Preserve The Blessings They Have Inherited.