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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"

"The true measure of a nation's freedom is its ability to protect the liberties of its citizens."

"You can be your own boss."

"We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship."

"Freedom is a terrible gift, and the theory behind all dictatorships is that "the people" do no want freedom."

"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."

"Only God's principles and not fame and money can make a person truly free."
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"Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another."

"Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe."

"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."

"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."

"A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends."

"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth."

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."

"The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure."

"Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
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