He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

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Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.

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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

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It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.

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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing.

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