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Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.
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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
Government is best which governs least
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.