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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

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No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and ...more

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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.

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Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupt...more

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History is philosophy teaching by examples.

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Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans and must be that of every free state.

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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of...more

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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

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If you serve humanity, you serve humanity's God.