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The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
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We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it’s surest support.
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Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
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The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
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Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
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We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it’s surest support.
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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
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Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.
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It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
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Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
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There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.