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I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office.

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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 certain unalienable rights; that ...more

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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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A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of in...more

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Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if the...more

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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.