“To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.”
Government“The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.”
Science“To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.”
Government“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
Freedom“War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.”
Government“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.”
Men“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
Power“Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.”
Education“If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.”
Truth“A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.”
Best“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.”
Trust“To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.”
Alone“Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.”
Government“Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.”
Best“Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.”
War“What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?”
Learning“Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.”
Government“Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.”
Power“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.”
Money“A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.”
Communication“The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.”
Home“The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.”
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