Quotes 61 till 80 of 131.
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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness.
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It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate - to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.
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It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour.
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Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
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Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
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My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
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No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.
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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
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Politics are such a torment that I would advise every one I love not to mix with them.
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Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.
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