 | William Gammell - United States - 1890 - 416 pages
...if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disease. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." But even in this prostration of all public interests and this degradation of public honor, high-minded... | |
 | Education - 1896 - 446 pages
...Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. 4. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be seen red. 5. (iood sense and honesty are qualities too rare and loo precious not to merit particular... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - United States - 1891 - 514 pages
...disorders in Massachusetts that led to Shays's rebellion, he wrote : "Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and...properties will be secured, or let us know the worst." 162. Attempts to Strengthen the Government. — In 1781, before the Articles went into operation, Congress... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1891 - 544 pages
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. Under these impressions, my humble opinion is, that there is a call for decision. Know precisely what... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1891 - 544 pages
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. Under these impressions, my humble opinion is, that there is a call for decision. Know precisely what... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1891 - 546 pages
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. Under these impressions, my humble opinion is, that there is a call for decision. Know precisely what... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 668 pages
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have real grievances,... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1895 - 622 pages
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." — Washington to Henry Lee. The popular movement in Western Massachusetts in opposition to the constituted... | |
 | William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry - United States - 1896 - 518 pages
...of Congress : " You talk, my good sir, of employing influence. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." 378. The Convention of 1786. — In January, 1786, Virginia appointed commissioners to meet with those... | |
 | Washington Irving - United States - 1896 - 668 pages
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. -Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have real grievances,... | |
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You talk, my good Sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have... 
