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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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

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Government is best which governs least

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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.

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A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.

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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.

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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

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Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!

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