What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine...

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine...

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine...

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine...

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

Christianity is a battle, not a dream

Christianity is a battle, not a dream

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the...

Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the...

I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right,...

I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right,...

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...