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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

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All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
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Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.
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The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
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What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?
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They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
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The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.
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What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.
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