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"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary."
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it."
"We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in."
"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods."
"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance does whatever is dictated to it."
"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace."
"I love men who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection."
"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice"
