I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the…

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Politics are the divine science, after all

Politics are the divine science, after all

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with...

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with...

Inequalities of mind and body are so established by God Almighty, in his constitution of...

Inequalities of mind and body are so established by God Almighty, in his constitution of...

It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited...

It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the peoples hands, that is,...

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the peoples hands, that is,...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom,...

I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom,...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence...

The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence...

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of...

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we...

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything...

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything...

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution...

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution...

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no...

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops...

I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...