[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his family, but let him be taught at the same time that he must forsake and even forget them when the welfare of his country requires it.
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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Mania’s premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.
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Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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As the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be established in a time of War.
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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.
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