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"When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation."
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"When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes."
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"You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year."
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"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."
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"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."
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"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."
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"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."
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"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat."
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"No man may make another free."
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"Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men."
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"To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery."
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"I think the first duty of society is justice."
Society
"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint."
Government
"When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation."
Man
"There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism."
Nature
"Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government."
Government
"Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty."
Age
"You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent."
Behavior
"The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right."
God
"Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things."
Change
"I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man."
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