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There is no part of the means placed in the hands of the Executive which might be used with greater effect for unhallowed purposes than the control of the public press.

— William Henry Harrison Inaugural address (1841)

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The strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

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

The people of the District of Columbia are not the subjects of the people of the States, but free American citizens.

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