The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great…

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Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of...

Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

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...

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...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

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...

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.

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...