Famous quotes containing the words basis and/or states:
“The basis of political economy is non-interference. The only safe rule is found in the self-adjusting meter of demand and supply. Do not legislate. Meddle, and you snap the sinews with your sumptuary laws.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”
—William McKinley (1843–1901)