An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhat a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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