The auguries, which were so often used for the purposes of political obstruction or intrigue.
-Goldwin Smith, Lectures and Essays
I behold the surest pledges that as on one side, no local prejudices, or attachments; no separate views, nor party animosities, will misdirect the comprehensive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests.
-George Washington, 1789 Inaugural Address (more…)