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"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."
"There shall be no end to the government of God."
"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."
"The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government."
"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."
"There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion."
"An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."
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"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
"All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse."
"Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people."
"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
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