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2020 August 07
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"There is only one basic human right,
the right to do as you damn well please.
And with it comes the only basic human duty,
the duty to take the consequences." |
"Tolerance implies a respect for another person,
not because he is wrong or even because he is right,
but because he is human." |
"Any time we deny any citizen
the full exercise of his constitutional rights,
we are weakening our own claim to them." |
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2020 August 06
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"Laws control the lesser man.
Right conduct controls the greater one." |
"As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust: So there are other qualities in human nature, which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence. Republican government presupposes the existence of these qualities in a higher degree than any other form. Were the pictures which have been drawn by the political jealousy of some among us, faithful likenesses of the human character, the inference would be that there is not sufficient virtue among men for self-government; and that nothing less than the chains of despotism can restrain them from destroying and devouring one another." |
"When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel ... for the honor and happiness of its character, I become irritated at the attempt to govern mankind by force and fraud, as if they were all knaves and fools, and can scarcely avoid disgust at those who are thus imposed upon." |
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2020 August 05
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"If the innocent honest Man must quietly quit all he has for Peace sake, to him who will lay violent hands upon it, I desire it may be considered what kind of Peace there will be in the World, which consists only in Violence and Rapine; and which is to be maintained only for the benefit of Robbers and Oppressors." |
"Anyone who confuses liberty lovers with nazis or other fascists is waaaayy too stupid (or evil) to deserve respect." |
"One of the common failings among honorable people is
a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable
some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them." |
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2020 August 04
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"We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.
We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when
we look back, when we say, '...we shouldn't have done that.'
We must remember, my friends, that we have been given a wonderful cause.
The cause of freedom! And you and I must be those who will walk with
heads held high. We will say, 'We used methods that can stand the
harsh scrutiny of history.'" |
"Even today a crude sort of persecution
is all that is required to create
an honorable name for any sect,
no matter how indifferent in itself." |
"These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren." |
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2020 August 03
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"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable, that all men are
created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they
derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation
of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." |
"Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it." |
"The Republican form of government
is the highest form of government;
but because of this it requires
the highest type of human nature --
a type nowhere at present existing." |
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