"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
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/william_henry_harrison/
Constitution
"The broad foundation upon which our Constitution rests being the
people—a breath of theirs having made, as a breath can unmake,
change, or modify it—it can be assigned to none of the great
divisions of government but to that of democracy."
William Henry Harrison
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/williamhenryharrison/a/quoteharrison.htm
"Our citizens must be content with the exercise of the powers with
which the Constitution clothes them."
William Henry Harrison
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/williamhenryharrison/a/quoteharrison.htm
Divine Right
"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
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/williamhenryharrison/a/quoteharrison.htm
European Kings
"The American backwoodsman -- clad in his hunting shirt, the product
of his domestic industry, and fighting for the country he loves, he
is more than a match for the vile but splendid mercenary of a
European despot."
William Henry Harrison
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/william_henry_harrison/
Examination
"A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should be
not only tolerated, but encouraged."
William Henry Harrison
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/williamhenryharrison/a/quoteharrison.htm
Guardians
"The 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 Harrison
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/william_henry_harrison/
Government
Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government.
I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.
William Henry Harrison
"But I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which
is most free."
William Henry Harrison
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/williamhenryharrison/a/quoteharrison.htm
I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the
measures of the government are directed to the purpose of making the
rich richer and the poor poorer.
William Henry Harrison
Source: Speech, October 1, 1840
"I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is
most free"
William Henry Harrison
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/william_henry_harrison/
Military Despotism
"The chains of military despotism once fastened upon a nation, ages
might pass away before they could be shaken off."
William Henry Harrison
Necessity
"The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators."
William Henry Harrison
(1773-1841), 9th U. S. President
Source: Letter to Simon Bolivar, 27 September 1829
Power
"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
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/william_henry_harrison/
Second Term
"I proceed to state in as summary a manner as I can my opinion of
the sources of the evils which have been so extensively complained
of.... Some of the former are unquestionably to be found in the
defects of the Constitution; others, in my judgment, are
attributable to a misconstruction of some of its provisions. Of the
former is the eligibility of the same individual to a second term of
the Presidency."
William Henry Harrison
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/williamhenryharrison/a/quoteharrison.htm
I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. William Henry Harrison Source: Speech, October 1, 1840 "I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free" William Henry Harrison Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/william_henry_harrison/
