We Americans have no commission from God... by Benjamin Harrison | We Heart Quotes

World God President Civil War Republican Party

We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.

- Benjamin Harrison

Other quotes by Benjamin Harrison

Government People

No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.

- Benjamin Harrison

Now Being Government

This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia.

- Benjamin Harrison

Great lives never go out; they go on.

- Benjamin Harrison

Power History Work Time Life

There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whether measured by the currency in which they are paid or by their power to supply the necessaries and comforts of life.

- Benjamin Harrison

Change Rest

I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event.

- Benjamin Harrison

The manner by which women are treated is a good criterion to judge the true state of society. If we know but this one feature in a character of a nation, we may easily judge the rest, for as society advances, the true character of women is discovered.

- Benjamin Harrison

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