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• I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he…
• 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…
• A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of…
• The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.
• 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…

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