It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

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Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

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.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to...

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to...

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...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer...

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer...

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights,...

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights,...