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The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated…
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To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
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The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all…
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I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind,…
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[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our…
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The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be…
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating…
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Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
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To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
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Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.
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The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
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O Lord, Sir - when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin.
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . . . Nations…
— Edward Everett
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Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their…
— George Washington
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Sir, when two people have the extraordinary quality of this state, words are not necessary. Where that quality of love exists, words…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let…
— Samuel Johnson
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And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life…
— William Wilberforce
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You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London,…
— Samuel Johnson
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I'm your biggest fan, sir. When I was a boy I worshiped you....and Jesus of course.
— Hank Hill
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