"Most men with nothing would rather protect the……" — John Dickinson
"Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor."
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31 Quotes by John Dickinson
John Dickinson has 31 quotes on this site.
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We cannot be happy without being free; we cannot be free without being secure in our property; we cannot be…
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Government has hardened into a tyrannical monopoly, and the human race in general becomes as absolutely property as beasts in…
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The rights essential to happiness. . . . We claim them from a higher source - from the King of…
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Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness... We claim them from a higher source - from…
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The power of the people pervading the proposed system, together with the strong confederation of the states, will form an…
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Our liberties do not come from charters; for these are only the declaration of pre-existing rights. They do not depend…
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As in forming a political society, each individual contributes some of his rights, in order that he may, from a…
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What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments.…
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Let our government be like that of the solar system. Let the general government be like the sun and the…
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No free people ever existed, or can ever exist, without keeping the purse strings in their own hands. Where this…
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If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we…
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Our cause is just. Our union is perfect.
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