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There is a contagion in example which few men have sufficient force of mind to resist.


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People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.



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Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.



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When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.



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One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.



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I think the first duty of society is justice.



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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.



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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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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.



Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.



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It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.





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Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior.



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And feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce.



A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would.

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You cannot escape what you have to deal with inside yourself. It will never bring good things. It will only bring madness.



Paraphrasing Plato's Republic: "Only people who have allowed themselves to be reformed by reality have it in themselves to reform their polis for the better."

Paraphrasing Plato's Republic: "Only people who have allowed themselves to be reformed by reality have it in themselves to reform their polis for the better."



I sometimes have the feeling you've been here a long time, more than one lifetime, and that you've dwelt in private places none of the rest of us has even dreamed about.

I sometimes have the feeling you've been here a long time, more than one lifetime, and that you've dwelt in private places none of the rest of us has even dreamed about.




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