In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.

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The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

All authority belongs to the people

All authority belongs to the people

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...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

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 like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are...

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are...

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in...

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in...

O, she misused me past the endurance of a block.

O, she misused me past the endurance of a block.