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“however much such loans may temporarily relieve the situation, the Government is still indebted for the amount of the surplus thus accrued, which it must ultimately pay, while its ability to pay is not strengthened, but weakened by a continued deficit.”
― The Complete Book of Presidential Inaugural Speeches: from George Washington to Barack Obama
― The Complete Book of Presidential Inaugural Speeches: from George Washington to Barack Obama
“The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value. Grave doubts have been entertained whether Congress is authorized by the Constitution to make any form of paper money legal tender. The present issue of United States notes has been sustained by the necessities of war; but such paper should depend for its value and currency upon its convenience in use and its prompt redemption in coin at the will of the holder, and not upon its compulsory circulation. These notes are not money, but promises to pay money.”
― The Complete Book of Presidential Inaugural Speeches: from George Washington to Barack Obama
― The Complete Book of Presidential Inaugural Speeches: from George Washington to Barack Obama
“Harrison’s 8,400-word inaugural speech was the longest ever, while his 30-day Presidency was the shortest.”
― The Complete Book of Presidential Inaugural Speeches: from George Washington to Barack Obama
― The Complete Book of Presidential Inaugural Speeches: from George Washington to Barack Obama
“But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.”
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“The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection, should demean themselves as good citizens.”
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