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" A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. "
John Adams
Desire
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" Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. "
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" Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell. "
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" While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. "
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" The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws. "
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" The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals. "
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" The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. "
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" Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. "
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Doing
" I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. "
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" As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. "
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Long
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" I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread and my liberty, low in spirits and weak in health, must leave others to wear the laurels which I have sown, others to eat the bread which I have earned. A common case. "
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