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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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I could have probably raised them in L.A. and they would have been great and had so many things at their fingertips…
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How are you going to protect me?? do you even know what it means to protect someone?? you think giving a crying…
— Ji-Eun Song
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UNICEF is successfully giving children and young people all over the world opportunities and hope. Just like the ones we met on…
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Our global forests are the lungs of the world, and protecting them is fundamental for our survival. When we hand these forests…
— Edward Davey
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Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers.…
— Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the…
— Che Guevara
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The American people are not naifs who yearn for isolationism, but they are starting to ask some hard questions about the way…
— Victor Davis Hanson
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Just think - guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't.
— Eleanor Smeal
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The FDA protects the big drug companies, and is subsequently rewarded, and using the government's police powers, they attack those who threaten…
— Unknown Author
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We are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them.
— Steven Johnson
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I think it's important that when people are struggling, that you not run away from them if you love them. Kristen, I…
— Jodie Foster
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How the holy and the profane mix in the light of day and at the end of life is sometimes the most…
— Mark Helprin
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