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I have accepted a seat in the...

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

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Power always thinks it has a ...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

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All the perplexities, confusi...

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

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Democracy... while it lasts i...

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

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Posterity! You will never kno...

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

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The fundamental law of the mi...

The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.

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The Hebrews have done more to...

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

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Remember, democracy never las...

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

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I, poor creature, worn out wi...

I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread and my liberty, low in spirits and weak in health, must leave others to wear the laurels which I have sown, others to eat the bread which I have earned. A common case.

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Power always thinks... that i...

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

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Liberty, according to my meta...

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

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Here is everything which can ...

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.

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A desire to be observed, cons...

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

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There is danger from all men....

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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Property is surely a right of...

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

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While all other sciences have...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.

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Facts are stubborn things; an...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

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The happiness of society is t...

The happiness of society is the end of government.

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Liberty cannot be preserved w...

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

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Old minds are like old horses...

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

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