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

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Presidents of the United StatesMilitary leaders from the United StatesUnited States presidential candidates, 1836Hampden–Sydney College alumniUnited States presidential candidates, 1840
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Letter to Simón Bolívar (27 September 1829). Quoted in The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison: Comprising a Brief Account of His Important Civil and Military Services (Philadelphia, PA: Grigg & Elliot, 1840)