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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society, to lessen the disposition to war; but of its abolition I despair.
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
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The happiest moments of my life have a been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
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Our friendships are precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part is sunshine.
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Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the governing of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
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