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I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.

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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.
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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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