Chief Decorator Elmer Garnsey, as a part of the mural decoration, worked with Capitol Architect Cass Gilbert to create a list of quotes to be used in the Minnesota State Capitol. The list was submitted to the commission for examination and revision. Originally there were in all 51 inscriptions in different places about the building, from 39 different men. [1]
The amelioration of the condition of mankind, and the increase of human happiness, ought to be the leading objects of every political institution, and the aim of every individual, according to the measure of his power, in the situation he occupies. ~ Alexander Hamilton.
Liberty consists in the right of each individual to exercise the greatest freedom of action up to, and not beyond that point where it impinges upon the like exercise of freedom of action of every other man. ~ Cushman K. Davis
Justice is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized nations together. Wherever her temple stands so long as it is duly honored there is a foundation for social security, general happiness, and the improvement and progress of our race. ~ Daniel Webster
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. ~Daniel Webster
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. That among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ~Thomas Jefferson.
No free government or the blessings of liberty can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. ~ Patrick Henry.
Inscriptions added later in 1930s
The Trail of the Pioneer bore the Footprints of Liberty.
Vox Populorum Est Vox Dei. (Latin, 'the voice of the people is the voice of God')
Aside from the above inscriptions painted on the walls, the following have been cut into the wood or marble, in their respective places:
Free and fair discussion will ever be found the firmest friend of truth. ~George Campbell.
Measure not dispatch by the times of sitting, but by the advancement of business. ~ Francis Bacon.
Reason is the life of law. ~Edward Coke.
The noblest motive is the public good. ~ Virgil.
Where law ends tyranny begins. ~ John Locke.
Chief Decorator Elmer Garnsey, as a part of the mural decoration, worked with Capitol Architect Cass Gilbert to create a list of quotes to be used in the Minnesota State Capitol. The list was submitted to the commission for examination and revision. Originally there were in all 51 inscriptions in different places about the building, from 39 different men. [1]
The amelioration of the condition of mankind, and the increase of human happiness, ought to be the leading objects of every political institution, and the aim of every individual, according to the measure of his power, in the situation he occupies. ~ Alexander Hamilton.
Liberty consists in the right of each individual to exercise the greatest freedom of action up to, and not beyond that point where it impinges upon the like exercise of freedom of action of every other man. ~ Cushman K. Davis
Justice is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized nations together. Wherever her temple stands so long as it is duly honored there is a foundation for social security, general happiness, and the improvement and progress of our race. ~ Daniel Webster
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. ~Daniel Webster
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. That among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ~Thomas Jefferson.
No free government or the blessings of liberty can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. ~ Patrick Henry.
Inscriptions added later in 1930s
The Trail of the Pioneer bore the Footprints of Liberty.
Vox Populorum Est Vox Dei. (Latin, 'the voice of the people is the voice of God')
Aside from the above inscriptions painted on the walls, the following have been cut into the wood or marble, in their respective places:
Free and fair discussion will ever be found the firmest friend of truth. ~George Campbell.
Measure not dispatch by the times of sitting, but by the advancement of business. ~ Francis Bacon.
Reason is the life of law. ~Edward Coke.
The noblest motive is the public good. ~ Virgil.
Where law ends tyranny begins. ~ John Locke.