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Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%.
An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second.
Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs.
Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.
He who lights his [candle] at mine receives light without darkening me.
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
An individual, thinking himself injured, makes more noise than a State.
The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.
ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them.
A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims.
In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.
The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.
A superintending power to maintain the Universe in its course and order.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.
[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people.
We sometimes from dreams pick up some hint worth improving by reflection.
It is in the love of one's family only that heartfelt happiness is known.
Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.
In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.
Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
If I could not go to Heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.
Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
The right of self-government does not comprehend the government of others.
The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous.
Every man has a commission to admonish, exhort, convince another of error.
Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
Opinion, and the just maintenance of it, shall never be a crime in my view.
besides the comfort of knowlege, every science is auxiliary to every other.
The Christian religion is the best religion that has ever been given to man
The Governor would serve a five-year term and be ineligible for reelection.
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
He does most in God's great world who does his best in his own little world.
The rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people.
Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.
Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.
Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.