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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.

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It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property… Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
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There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Practical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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