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Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

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Times change, and we change with them.
All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar…
The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the…
We admit of no government by divine right, believing that so far as power is concerned the Beneficent Creator has made no…
The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.
The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering…
Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched…
Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.
The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.
A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited…
I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor…

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Adoration is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask nothing but to cherish him.… — Richard J. Foster
I ask nothing of the Jews except that they should disappear. — Hans Frank
We must ask nothing of artists but to be of their own time. — Eileen Gray
The ordinary politician has a very low estimate of human nature. In his daily life he comes into contact chiefly with persons… — Walter Lippmann
Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the… — Marcus Aurelius
To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark… — Victor Hugo
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing. — Ayn Rand
Remembering our past, carrying it around with us always, may be the necessary requirement for maintaining, as they say, the wholeness of… — Milan Kundera
There are things that I canna tell you, at least not yet. And I'll ask nothing of ye that ye canna give… — Diana Gabaldon
Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask… — Dean Koontz
Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think… — Swami Vivekananda
There are two goddesses in your heart,” he told them. “The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they… — Christopher McDougall

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