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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 much questioned; for,…
- The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the…
- I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to…
- A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence…
- I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United…
- When firearms go, all goes - we need them every hour.
- Upon the whole I doubt whether the Benefits of opposition to the Constitution opposition to the Constitution will not ultimately be productive of more good…
- It is . . . [the citizens] choice, and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptable and miserable as…
- My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon…
- The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now…
- The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of…
- They (the Jews) work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great…
- We had quitters during the Revolution too...we called them 'Kentuckians.'
- The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any…
- May the same wonderworking Deity, who long since delivered the Hebrews from their Egyptian oppressors and planted them in the promised land, whose Providential agency…
- But if in the pursuit of the means we should unfortunately stumble again on unfunded paper money or any similar species of fraud, we shall…
- To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.
- I assure you very explicitly, that in my opinion the conscientious scruples of all men should be treated with great delicacy and tenderness: and it…
- Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught…
- Men are very apt to run into extremes, hatred to England may carry come into an excess of Confidence in France... I am heartily disposed…
- To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished,…
- I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.
- The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them is equally threadbare,…
- Being persuaded that a just application of the principles, on which the Masonic Fraternity is founded, must be promote of private virtue and public prosperity,…
- Nowhere does one become more convinced of the strong hold which Freemasonry takes upon the minds and lives of those aging workers in the Craft…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster