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‎We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, i...more

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The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.

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Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a ...more

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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.

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Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

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History is philosophy teaching by examples.

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...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans.

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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty ...more

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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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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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Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both. We ...more

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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.

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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...