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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

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In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities wh...more

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If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.

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It is by the goodness of god that in our country we have those 3 unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the pruden...more

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Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.

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In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it c...more

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Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to...more

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Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

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The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

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Look at the tyranny of party-- at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty-- a snare invented by designing men for selfish purposes-- and which ...more

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No country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians of the law, and that the...more