The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.

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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.

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,...

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...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

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...

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

I live for books.

I live for books.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

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...

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

I can not live with out books.

I can not live with out books.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.