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"God himself has no right to be a tyrant."
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"If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak."
"Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind."
"Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions."
"The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men."
"He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil."
"Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire."
"Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him."
"We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity."
"Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man."
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