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The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.
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The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
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The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it [The Territory] is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.
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The whole history of Christianity proves that she has indeed little to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally.
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There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.
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Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!
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We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
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We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents.
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You should always believe all you read in newspapers, as this makes them more interesting.
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Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.
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Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation.
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