A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
TACITUSThe repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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