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By James Knox Polk
Has the sword of despots proved to be a safer or surer instrument of reform in government than enlightened reason?
- Source
- Inaugural Address, March 4, 1845
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Polk's inaugural address on March 4, 1845, where he argues that reform should come by reason, not force.