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• A full belly makes a dull brain
• It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less…
• Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot…
• I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he…
• Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one…
• I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension…
• When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not…
• Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis…

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