A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
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Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
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In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
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It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic.
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Learn to think continentally.
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Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.
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Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
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Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
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The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?
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The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
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Those who do not industrialize become hewers of wood and haulers of water.
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Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
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