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- The evidence of [the] natural right [of expatriation], like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness,…
- An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.
- The principles on which we engaged, of which the charter of our independence is the record, were sanctioned by the laws of our being, and…
- Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.
- I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no…
- If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves. It were contrary to feeling and indeed…
- The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
- The true fountains of evidence [are] the head and heart of every rational and honest man. It is there nature has written her moral laws,…
- I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man.
- Those characters wherein fear predominates over hope may apprehend too much from...instances of irregularity. They may conclude too hastily that nature has formed man insusceptible…
- And Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences, whether we consider its subjects as furnishing the principal subsistence of life to man and beast,…
- Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none with mine; nor…
- Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. . . . We might as well require a man…
- Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous. . . .
- The foundation on which (our government is) built is the natural equality of man, the denial of every pre-eminence but that annexed to legal office,…
- The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by those of Aristocrats…
- Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to…
- The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.
- No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery…
- No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.
- Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in…
- The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being
- Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature.…
- I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man", "I have sworn upon the…
- Every man has two countries: his own and France.
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- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
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- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle