Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

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To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no...

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...