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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?
Genius is sorrow's child.
Thomas Jefferson survives.
Virtue is not always amiable.
Ideology is the science of idiots.
Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
A government of laws, and not of men.
Pray how does your asparagus perform?
Politics are a labyrinth without a clue.
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
In politics the middle way is none at all.
Let frugality and industry be our virtues.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
Every problem is an opportunity in disguise.
Power must never be trusted without a check.
Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.
In general, our generals were outgeneralled.
I shall have the liberty to think for myself.
Negro slavery is an evil of colossal magnitude.
I wish I could lay down beside her and die too.
We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
Mystery is made a convenient Cover for absurdity.
I drink no cider, but feast on Philadelphia beer.
Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.
Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
Everything in life should be done with reflection.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
One sailor will do us more good than two soldiers.
Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist.
Slavery is a foul contagion in the human character.
Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public.
There is no greater guilt than the unneccessary war.
When legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.
The Christian Religion as I understand it is the best.
My God! This is a revolution! We have to offend someone!
The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity.
People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity.
We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.
Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty.
We hold that each man is the best judge of his own interest.
I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them.
Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations.
The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation.
The happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.
