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

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

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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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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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But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

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