“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.” George Washington
"I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office." Andrew Jackson
"A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right." Lyndon B. Johnson
"Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist." Richard M. Nixon
"The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best." Rutherford B Hayes
