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Oliver Ellsworth has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and…
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the…
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The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible…
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Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates…
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the…
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and…
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty.…
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The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy…
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The charge of being ambiguous and indefinite may be brought against every human composition, and necessarily arises from the imperfection of language.…
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Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array…
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over so many…
— Queen Noor of Jordan
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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
— Andrew Jackson
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We know that many boys and girls leave school because of poverty, because they have to work. However, there are an important…
— Shakira
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It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary…
— Noah Webster
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Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is about to be sold, the…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too…
— William O. Douglas
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In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women.…
— Martin Luther
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For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses.
— Anita Roddick
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What we should be very concerned about is the excesses and the abuses. Where we see hunts where the fox is torn…
— Unknown Author
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One cannot read the New Testament without acquired admiration for whatever it abuses not to speak of the "wisdom of this world,"…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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