“That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.”
Government“Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.”
Religion“That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.”
Government“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”
Government“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.”
Alone“No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will.”
Government“It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.”
Religion“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
Politics“One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.”
Alone“There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.”
Men“As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.”
Men“I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.”
Good“Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.”
Government“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.”
God“Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.”
Power“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.”
Government“Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.”
Happiness“An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.”
Men“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.”
God“My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.”
Fear“My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.”
Hope“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.”
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