Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department of government than I am; but I have never yet been able to discover the propriety of placing it absolutely out of the power of men to render essential services

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.