It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing or in disbelieving it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

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To say that any people are not fit for freedom is to make poverty their choice and to say they had

To say that any people are not fit for freedom is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression, for if he viol

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.

I love the man that can smile in trouble that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by r

I love the man that can smile in trouble that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm and whose conscience approves his conduct will pursue his principles unto death.

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    Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

    Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

    It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

    It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

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