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" The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. "
Thomas Jefferson
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" 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. "
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" It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. "
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" If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest. "
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" Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour. "
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" For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. "
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" Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor. "
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" Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. "
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