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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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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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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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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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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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