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“With all the imperfections of our present government, it is without comparison the best existing, or that ever did exist.”

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A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece of wood? He has a right to use his knife to cut his meat, a fork to hold it; may a patentee take from him the right to combine their use on the same subject? Such…

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Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make…

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[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch…

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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

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Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period…

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“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it…

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Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those…

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Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear…

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A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

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The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,…

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Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.

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There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,…

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Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength, nights, days, youth, age, and spend them in Thy service, 0 my crucified Master, Redeemer, God. Oh, let not these be mere words! Whom have I in heaven but Thee and there is none upon earth…

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You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I…

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Composing a piece of music is very feminine. It is sensitive, emotional, contemplative. By comparison, doing housework is positively masculine.

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The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable…

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It’s always going to be easy to live like others or other’s life, because creating or innovating something of own is always difficult in comparison to buying or borrowing anything from others.

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