"How much more do they deserve our reverence……" — Joseph Story
"How much more do they deserve our reverence and praise, whose lives are devoted to the formation of institutions, which, when they and their children are mingled in the common dust, may continue to cherish the principles and the practice of liberty in perpetual freshness and vigour."
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Joseph Story
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47 Quotes by Joseph Story
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It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the…
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[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it…
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One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making…
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The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of…
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Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age…
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Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of…
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Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood…
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Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of…
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[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power…
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So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where…
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The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states,…
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In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the…
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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is…
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
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To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that…
— Wilford Brimley
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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the…
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— Michael Chertoff
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I am poor and feeble, persecuted and vulnerable, Yeshua conquered me, and with the New Man he honored me, He…
— Unknown Author
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With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but…
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Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position. You wear your life like…
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