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How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will.
No government can continue good, but under the control of the people.
A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.
Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.
I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.
It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate.
Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.
One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it.
Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.
The mass of the citizens is the safest depositary of their own rights.
The tender breasts of ladies were not formed for political convulsion.
The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
Nothing can be believed but what one sees, or has from an eye witness.
Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.
ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them.
He who lights his [candle] at mine receives light without darkening me.
A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims.
An individual, thinking himself injured, makes more noise than a State.
Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%.
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second.
Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs.
Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.
A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.
The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.
A superintending power to maintain the Universe in its course and order.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people.
Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.
We sometimes from dreams pick up some hint worth improving by reflection.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
It is in the love of one's family only that heartfelt happiness is known.
Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous.
Every man has a commission to admonish, exhort, convince another of error.
Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature.
The right of self-government does not comprehend the government of others.
As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.