Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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