Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth.

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To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.

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I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man. — Thomas Jefferson

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The woman's position in the world today is so much harder than a man's that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.

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I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man's liberty; and that I preserved my own.

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The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.

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Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them.

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There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.

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Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.

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Before a man can bind the enemy, he must know there is nothing binding him.

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