We Imagined That The Mildness Of Our Government And The Wishes Of The People Were So Correspondent That We Were Not As Other Nations, Requiring Brutal Force To Support The Laws. - SearchQuotes

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We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws.

Henry Knox

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