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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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