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We owe gratitude to France, justice to England, good will to all, and subservience to none ... it was by the sober…
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No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad…
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It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take…
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Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.
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Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most…
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I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect,…
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We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and…
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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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