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The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth.
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No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation,…
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The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.
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[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was…
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I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.
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That the people have a Right to mass and to bear arms; that a well regulated militia composed of the Body of…
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The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right to decide…
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Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government…
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Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled…
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As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless…
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Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the…
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I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very…
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As a result of the feminist revolution, feminine becomes an abusive epithet.
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Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.
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Sycamore trees were held to be sacred in ancient Egypt and are the first trees represented in ancient art. The sycamore, also,…
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The use of 'conspiracy theory' as a derogatory - as an epithet almost - is something the propagandists have perfected over the…
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The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in…
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Even when they call us mad, when they call us subversives and communists and all the epithets they put on us, we…
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Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive, cultivated, erudite. These are the adjectives of praise in an androgynous world. Those who consider them epithets of…
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