William Henry Harrison Quotes

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We admit of no government by divine right…the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

William Henry Harrison
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

William Henry Harrison
The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

William Henry Harrison
The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.

William Henry Harrison
A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should be not only tolerated, but encouraged.

William Henry Harrison
The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

William Henry Harrison
The 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
Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched savages, when it seems destined by the Creator to give support to a large population and to be the seat of civilization?

William Henry Harrison
Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.

William Henry Harrison
The strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

William Henry Harrison
Conscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown.

William Henry Harrison
Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

William Henry Harrison