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The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

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The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.
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Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
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