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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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Our attachment to no nation on earth should supplant our attachment to liberty.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little…
— William Hazlitt
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Understanding that everything is impermanent, that happiness is transformed into suffering, and that all phenomena are lacking reality in themselves and are…
— Bokar Rinpoche
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Melting our attachment to self is the most powerful medication for bringing mental and emotional imbalances in check.
— Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
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A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching…
— Byron Katie
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Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the…
— Sue Grafton
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She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and…
— Jane Austen
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We are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, and pieces of colored glass.…
— Pema Chodron
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Turning a close relationship into a path of self-liberation necessitates a change in our perception of our partner. Instead of seeing our…
— Pacifiersucker
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Our suffering comes from our attachment to people and things, our repeated attempts to find something lasting where there is nothing lasting…
— Unknown Author
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