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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent a...more

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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of...more

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In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control th...more

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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establi...more

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A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

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Liberty is to faction what air is to fire...