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"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."
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"When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more."

"I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth."

"The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it."

"While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago."

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."
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"Trust your imagination, dreams, and hopes. Just never forget to take actions to justify your trust."

"Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays."

"It is always a difficult issue for each of us to trust one another yet we expect to be trusted by others."

"Only God is our reliable help and protection."

"I've yet to find another soul who believes in me with the same fervency as my mother."

"I know you'll do what's best for Annabeth.""How can you be sure?""Because she'd do the same for you."
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