“Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses.” NeedsUseHandsGovernmentOpportunityEffortLibertyAdvantageAbuseIncreaseSelfishSelfishnessMental PowerDemagoguery Book:Conditions of Progress in Democratic Government Source: Conditions of Progress in Democratic Government
“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company” MenInspirationalShouldGovernmentFriendshipCompanyGratitudeEthicsPersonal GrowthCheerBeing AloneLonerGood CompanyLoneliness And SolitudeStanding AloneIntegrity And CharacterIntegrity CharacterMan Of IntegrityGood Food Good Company Author:Charles Evans Hughes
“We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but to attest our loyalty to the commands and restrictions laid down by our sovereign, the people of the United States, in whose name and by whose will we exercise our brief authority.” PeopleStatesGovernmentNamesUnitedPowerUnited StatesMastersExerciseAuthorityGloryLoyaltyCommandServantSovereignRestriction Author:Charles Evans Hughes
“Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted in a period of grave emergency. Its grants of power to the federal government and its limitations of the power of the States were determined in the light of emergency, and they are not altered by emergency.” DoeStatesLightGovernmentLibertyPeriodsConstitutionIncreaseDeterminedLibertarianGravesGrantedLimitationRemoveGrantsLibertarianismFederal GovernmentDiminishAdoptedEmergenciesRestrictionAlteredReservedLimited Government Author:Charles Evans Hughes
“The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.” FirstsHomeGovernmentLessonsEfficientCivics Author:Charles Evans Hughes
