The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

- William Henry Harrison

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred ex…

- William Henry Harrison

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

- William Henry Harrison

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

- William Henry Harrison

All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess.

- William Henry Harrison

To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.

- William Henry Harrison

Times change, and we change with them.

- William Henry Harrison

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

- William Henry Harrison

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

- William Henry Harrison