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“Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul.”

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Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations.

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The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.

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Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

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