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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and…
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the…
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The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible…
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Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates…
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the…
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and…
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty.…
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The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy…
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The charge of being ambiguous and indefinite may be brought against every human composition, and necessarily arises from the imperfection of language.…
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Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array…
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and…
— Oliver Ellsworth
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
— Sallust
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Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that…
— Blaise Pascal
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Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
— Alexander the Great
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The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
— Chanakya
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Finally he said that if men drink the blood of God yet they do not understand the seriousness of what they do.…
— Cormac McCarthy
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All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.
— Richard Whately
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Young men wish; love, money and health. One day, they'll say; health, money and love.
— Unknown Author
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Young men wish for : money,sex,and weed . One day, they'll pray for: health, love and long life when its all said…
— Frenchqueen
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