Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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