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I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable. But the consequences of this enormous inequality [in Europe] producing so much mis...more

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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

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In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.

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Thomas Jefferson's Letter to John Holmes on the Missouri Statehood Question – April 20, 1820I thank you, dear Sir, for the copy you have been so kind ...more

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And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these lib...more

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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever.

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The sword of the law should never fall but on those whose guilt is so apparent as to be pronounced by their friends as well as foes.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights that among th...more

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It is a wise man who said there is no inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.Fillossofee: Messages From a Grandfather, an ebook

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No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colo...more