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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.
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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.
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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
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The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.
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