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...the Bible is such a book of lies and contradictions there is no knowing which part to believe or whether any.
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The United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty.
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This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither…
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From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion?
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The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
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The continually progressive change to which the meaning of words is subject, the want of a universal language which renders translation necessary,…
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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take…
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When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt…
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The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence.
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Each government accuses the other of perfidy, intrigue and ambition, as a means of heating the imagination of their respective nations, and…
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For me, the promised land, always seeming just beyond my reach, is the poetic masterpiece, that perfect union of words in cadence,…
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The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.
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Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
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Dexter's a unique killer in that his father saw his dark impulses, shined a light on them, and told Dexter that he…
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A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined.
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A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse, gathers together more gazers than if it shined out.
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My pet-sitting day ends around sunset, and it's very satisfying to know that I've made several living beings happy that day. That…
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I was a model Marine.. My rifle was always clean, uniform always starched, and the shoes always shined. I guess that's how…
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It was much later that I realized Dad's secret. He gained respect by giving it. He talked and listened to the fourth-grade…
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Sometimes you forget how much you love someone, until you realize their smile is like a spotlight shined on your heart.
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You are not a black hole that needs to be filled; you are a light that needs to be shined.
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