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- Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never…
- The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow)…
- It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we have pursued for…
- [A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations.
- With earnest prayers to all my friends to cherish mutual good will, to promote harmony and conciliation, and above all things to let the love…
- Experience having long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the…
- Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.
- All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is withdrawn…
- The system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their…
- I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents…
- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among…
- Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens...are a departure from the plan of the holy…
- But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are…
- The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise…
- That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.
- I sincerely pray that all the members of the human family may, in the time prescribed by the Father of us all, find themselves securely…
- What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no…
- The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.
- I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no…
- All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.
- It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.
- If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves. It were contrary to feeling and indeed…
- God has formed us moral agents... that we may promote the happiness of those with whom He has placed us in society, by acting honestly…
- When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for all conditions of…
- All power is inherent in the people.
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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
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- 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
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle