The Secret Of Politics? Make A Good

One Can Put Some Trust In The Gratitude Of A Sovereign, And Also In That Of His Family; Under Certain Conditions, One Can Even Rely Upon It; But One Can Never Expect Anything From The Gratitude Of A Nation.

He Who Has His Thumb On The Purse Has The Power.

Fools Learn From Experience. I Prefer To Learn From The Experience Of Others.

Laws Are Like Sausages, It Is Better Not To See Them Being Made.

He Obtained From Congress The Right To Borrow From The People By Selling To It The 'bonds' Of States ... And The Government And The Nation Escaped The Plots Of The Foreign Financiers. They Understood At Once, That The United States Would Escape Their Grip. The Death Of Lincoln Was Resolved Upon.