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Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
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Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to…
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[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able to throw…
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to…
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It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which…
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The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.
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If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
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I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
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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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Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.
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If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being,…
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The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all…
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The questions you ask consistently will create either enervation or enjoyment, indignation or inspiration, misery or magic. Ask the questions that will…
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To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
— Socrates
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Human excellence means nothing Unless it works with the consent of God.
— Euripides
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The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or…
— Terry Orlick
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All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.
— Samuel Richardson
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The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit hat absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or…
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