Speech · Political speechThe privileges of American citizenship are so great and its duties so grave that we may well insist upon a good knowledge of every person applying for citizenship and a good knowledge by him of our institutions. We should not cease to be hospitable to immigration, but we should cease to be careless as to the character of it.Benjamin HarrisonInaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison · 1889★ 1.9
Speech · Political speechIf our great corporations would more scrupulously observe their legal limitations and duties, they would have less cause to complain of the unlawful limitations of their rights or of violent interference with their operations.Benjamin HarrisonInaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison · 1889★ 1.9
Speech · Political speechGod has placed upon our head a diadem and has laid at our feet power and wealth beyond definition or calculation. But we must not forget that we take these gifts upon the condition that justice and mercy shall hold the reins of power and that the upward avenues of hope shall be free to all the people.Benjamin HarrisonInaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison · 1889★ 1.9
Speech · Political speechA community where law is the rule of conduct and where courts, not mobs, execute its penalties is the only attractive field for business investments and honest labor.Benjamin HarrisonInaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison · 1889★ 1.9
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