Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

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Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

The merchant has no country

The merchant has no country

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state,...

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state,...

The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as...

The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as...