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- I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality.
- The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to…
- The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.
- Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have…
- The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe…
- I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and the just maintenance…
- I prefer to be remembered for what I have done for others, not what others have done for me.
- The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left…
- Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to the…
- Gouverneur Morris had often told me that General Washington believed no more of that system (Christianity) than did he himself.
- Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as that of Jesus....I…
- It look like the lord just work for wite folks cause ever sens i wasn nothin but a litle boy i been on my on…
- To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and…
- Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree.
- It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we have pursued for…
- The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the plain…
- A truth now and then projecting into the ocean of newspaper lies serves like headlands to correct our course. Indeed, my scepticism as to everything…
- Experience having long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the…
- But this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.
- I have often thought that if heaven had given me choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of…
- The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration…
- If NATURE has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an…
- "It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the…
- ... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering. I…
- SIR,-Your letter of February the 18th came to hand on the 1st instant; and the request of the history of my physical habits would have…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale