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I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Topic: Advice / Experience / Wisdom
Source: None
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My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
Topic: Age
Source: None
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When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them
with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of
Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
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 among these are Life, Liberty and the
Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments
are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the
the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of
Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its foundation on such Principles and
and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .
Topic: America
Source: Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, beginning of
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The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this
endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the
glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Topic: America
Source: Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, beginning of
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Topic: Brevity
Source: None
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Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Topic: Business
Source: None
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I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
Topic: Censorship
Source: None
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I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
Topic: Censure
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I find that the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
Topic: Censure
Source: None
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In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.
Topic: Constitution
Source: None
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The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.
Topic: Constitution
Source: None
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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
Topic: Country
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A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Topic: Cowardice
Source: None
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And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.
Topic: Debt
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Never spend your money before you have it.
Topic: Debt
Source: None
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We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness.
Topic: Declaration of Independence
Source: None
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Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Topic: Duty
Source: None
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The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
Topic: Earth
Source: None
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I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers ... We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the.
Topic: Economy
Source: None
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Topic: Education
Source: None
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Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded faith.
Topic: Faith
Source: None
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
Topic: Freedom of the Press
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Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Topic: Friendship
Source: None
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
Topic: Friendship
Source: None
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I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the industrious.
Topic: Government
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That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
Topic: Government
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Topic: Government
Source: None
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Topic: Guilt
Source: None
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Topic: History
Source: None
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When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them
with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of
Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
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 among these are Life, Liberty and the
Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments
are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the
the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of
Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its foundation on such Principles and
and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .
Topic: Independence
Source: Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, beginning of
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I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Topic: Inspirational
Source: None
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I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.
Topic: Jury
Source: None
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It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
Topic: Law
Source: None
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
Topic: Liberty
Source: Summary View of the Rights of British America
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
Topic: Liberty
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
Topic: Liberty
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It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
Topic: Liberty
Source: None
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.
Topic: Liberty
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The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.
Topic: Liberty
Source: None
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It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
Topic: Majority
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
Topic: Newspapers
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Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Topic: Obedience
Source: None
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It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness.
Topic: Occupation
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Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be
tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Topic: Opinion
Source: in his first inaugural address
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.
Topic: Peace
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Topic: Peace
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Topic: Peace
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Topic: Peace
Source: None
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Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
Topic: Politics / Government
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No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.
Topic: President
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