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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest, as well as the keenest, dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
Old minds are like old horses, you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives and thereby have consented to my own ruin to your ruin and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
Liberty according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
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Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it.
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
