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- There is something in corruption which, like a jaundiced eye, transfers the color of itself to the object it looks upon, and sees everything stained… Color
- Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she has nothing to… All
- Government ought to be as much open to improvement as anything which appertains to man, instead of which it has been monopolized from age to… Age
- The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical and… Admire
- In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the… Argument
- A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its… Aristocratical
- The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles;… Admits
- I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel. Atheism
- And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man. Atheism
- The prejudice of unfounded belief often degenerates into the prejudice of custom, and becomes at last rank hypocrisy. When men, from custom or fashion or… Any
- ...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of… Atheism
- Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... Arms
- The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all… Alike
- In a chariot of light from the region of the day, the Goddess of Liberty came. She brought in her hand as a pledge of… Brought
- A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is power without a… Act
- The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a… Case
- The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty, property, security, and… All
- A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced,… Affair
- Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Dare
- Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry. Beware
- The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes. Causes
- The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and the… Advantage
- Thus commerce, though in itself a moral nullity, has had a considerable influence in tempering the human mind....he trades with the same countries ...(that he)… Capitalism
- From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the… All
- It is a fool only, and not the philosopher, nor even the prudent man, that will live as if there were no God... Were a… Awe
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