Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.

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Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.

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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

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The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

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I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

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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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The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

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The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

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