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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."

"After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands."

"The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives."

"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt."
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"The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong."

"Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!"

"The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil."

"The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation."

"At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country."

"If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy."

"Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete."

"It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty."
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