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We owe gratitude to France, justice to England, good will to all, and subservience to none ... it was by the sober…
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No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad…
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Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most…
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It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take…
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Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.
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I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect,…
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It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to…
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Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind…
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