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Jonathan Mayhew

"Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle."

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"Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle."

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"Crime when it succeeds is called virtue."

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"The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently."

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"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."

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"To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon."

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"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."

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"It is not living that matters, but living rightly."

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"This is the greatest good to man, to discourse daily on virtue, and other things which you have heard me discussing, examining both myself and others."

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"What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?"

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"There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed to trace our own progress in existence by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow."

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"It is our happiness to live under the government of a PRINCE who is satisfied with ruling according to law; as every other good prince will - We enjoy under his administration all the liberty that is proper and expedient for us."
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"The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God."
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"For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life."
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"All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare."
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"There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness."
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"Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they do, in fact, find themselves thus abused and oppressed, they must be stupid not to complain."
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"But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with."
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"Extremes are dangerous."
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"According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and perverted to serve bad purposes, either through the weakness or wickedness of men."
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"Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness."
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