What are some famous quotes from William Henry Harrisons Inauguration speech? ?
Delivered on March 4, 1841, President Harrison’s inaugural address is the longest in American history. At 8,444 words, it took nearly two hours to read. This offers many possibilities; however, below are the quotations that I have seen referenced most: “We admit of no government by divine right, believing that so far as power is concerned the Beneficent Creator has made no distinction amongst men; that all are upon an equality, and that the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.” [Found in paragraph 4.] “I am not insensible of the great difficulty that exists in drawing a proper plan for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public revenues, and I know the importance which has been attached by men of great abilities and patriotism to the divorce, as it is called, of the Treasury from the banking institutions. It is not the divorce which is complained of, but the unhallowed union of the Treasury with the executive department, which has created
