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- Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
- 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…
- 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…
- In politics the middle way is none at all.
- I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination…
- While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four…
- The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory…
- But all provisions that He (God) has made for the gratification of our senses…are much inferior to the provision, the wonderful provision that He has…
- It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world…
- The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend…
- You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. — I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it…
- To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
- Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill, and increase good,…
- It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry…
- But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the Faith may be, I firmly believe.
- This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.
- [L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have…
- You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen.
- Politics are the divine science, after all,
- Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
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- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide