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There is danger from all

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
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I always consider the settlement

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
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Facts are stubborn things and

Facts are stubborn things and what ever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they can not alter the state of facts, and evidence.
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Facts are stubborn things and

Facts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
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The proposition that the people

The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.
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Had I been chosen President

Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without

Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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...a revolution of government is

...a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense.
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