"What you keep by you, you may change……" — John Dickinson

"What you keep by you, you may change and mend; But words once spoke can never be recall'd."

— John Dickinson

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31 Quotes by John Dickinson

John Dickinson has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

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Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from… — Billie Joe Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in… — David Attenborough
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our… — David Attenborough
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,… — David Attenborough
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also… — David Attenborough
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. — Dean Acheson
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius

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