“It is vain to expect a well-balanced government without a well-balance...” — Gideon Welles Quote

“It is vain to expect a well-balanced government without a well-balanced society.”

“The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter.”

“This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them.”

“The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era.”

“Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.”

“We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive.”