"Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends."

Truth, Enemy, Friend, Reality

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"Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends."

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"In the midst of the apparent diversity of human affairs, a certain number of primary facts may be discovered, from which all others are derived."

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"The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other."

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