If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.

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Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.

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Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.

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Oppression makes a poor country.

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No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences

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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

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No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

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The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.

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Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

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