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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.

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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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