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Before anything can be reasone...

Before anything can be reasoned upon to a conclusion, certain facts, principles, or data, to reason from, must be established, admitted, or denied.

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It may perhaps be said that it...

It may perhaps be said that it signifies nothing to a man what is done to him after he is dead; but it signifies much to the living; it either tortures their feelings or hardens their hearts...

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Immediate necessity makes many...

Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions.

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The intimacy which is contract...

The intimacy which is contracted in infancy, and friendship which is formed in misfortune, are, of all others, the most lasting and unalterable.

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Youth is the seed time of good...

Youth is the seed time of good habits, as well in nations as in individuals.

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... in free countries the law ...

... in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.

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Men who look upon themselves b...

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance.

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Oppression is often the conseq...

Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches.

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... a thirst for power is the ...

... a thirst for power is the natural disease of monarchy.

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Every age and generation must ...

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself.

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It can only be by blinding the...

It can only be by blinding the understanding of man, and making him believe that government is some wonderful mysterious thing, that excessive revenues are obtained. Monarchy is well calculated to ensure this end. It is the popery of government; a thing kept up to amuse the ignorant, and quiet them into taxes.

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...the true greatness of a nat...

...the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity.

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Tears may soothe the wounds th...

Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.

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To be nobly wrong is more manl...

To be nobly wrong is more manly than to be meanly right.

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The guilt of a government is t...

The guilt of a government is the crime of a whole country.

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Governments arise either out o...

Governments arise either out of the people or over the people.

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Though avarice will prevent a ...

Though avarice will prevent a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy.

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Every age and generation must ...

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies.

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It is not in numbers, but in u...

It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

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The Almighty implanted in us t...

The Almighty implanted in us these inextinguishable feelings for good and wise purposes. They are the guardians of His image in our heart. They distinguish us from the herd of common animals.

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