A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and…

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Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually...

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope...

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope...

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

One man with courage is a majority.

One man with courage is a majority.

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the...

Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the...

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...