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A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.
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A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Ambition can creep as well as soar.
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Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Bad laws are the worst form of tyranny.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Contempt is not a thing to be despised.
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Custom reconciles us to everything.
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Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
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Education is the cheap defence of nations.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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Good order is the foundation of all great things.
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Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
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I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.
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In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.
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It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference which is, at least, half infidelity.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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Patience will achieve more than force.
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People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors.
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Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
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Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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The people never give up their liberties, but under some delusion.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.
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