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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

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Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

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The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

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

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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

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Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

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

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Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

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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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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

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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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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

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You can never plan the future by the past.

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