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In those wretched countries where a man...
The sun of liberty is set; you...
But what madness must it be to run...
When you run in debt; you give...
It is a common observation here that...
History affords us many instances of the ruin...
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing....
Where liberty dwells, there is my country....
Those who would give up essential liberty...
The colonies would gladly have borne the little...
... as all history informs us, there...
It is very imprudent to deprive America...
They that can give up essential liberty...
The States acceded to the Union.
Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin...
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Having been poor is no shame, but...
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom....
History will also give Occasion to expatiate...
Your creditor has authority at his pleasure...
We must all hang together, or assuredly...
Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon...
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor...
Man will ultimately be governed by God...
... as all history informs us, there...
Life's tragedy is that we get old...
Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787...
Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will...
In my youth I travelled much, and I observed...
When the people find they can vote...
It is the first responsibility of every...
Moderation in all things -- including moderation....
Those who would give up essential Liberty,...
... as all history informs us,...
[A]s all history informs us, there has...
Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will...
There was never a good war, or...
It would be thought a hard government...
Finally, there seem to be but three...
No man's life, liberty or fortune is safe...
A Bible and a newspaper in every...
Printers are educated in the Belief, that...
The ordaining of laws in favor of one...
Beer is living proof that God loves...
A nation of well informed men who...
The longer I live, the more convincing...
If by the liberty of the press...
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb...
Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything...
All the property that is necessary to a Man,...
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