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Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed...
An elective despotism was not the government...
We must not let our rulers load...
The system of banking [is] a blot...
A wise and frugal Government, which shall...
Agriculture, manufacturers, commerce, and navigation, the four...
We are not to expect to be translated...
I am for a government rigorously frugal...
The legitimate powers of government extend to such...
We hold these truths to be sacred...
We hold these truths to be self-evident,...
God who gave us life gave us liberty....
A morsel of genuine history is a thing...
Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with...
No man will ever bring out of the Presidency...
Yes, we did produce a near-perfect republic....
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because,...
Is uniformity attainable? Millions of innocent men,...
It is error alone which needs the support...
On every question of construction [of the Constitution]...
For a people who...
I consider the foundation of the Constitution...
I own I am not a friend...
A government is republican in proportion as every...
The mass of mankind has not been...
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our...
Experience has already shown that the impeachment...
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers...
A wise and frugal government, which shall...
Nothing can now be believed which is seen...
What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine...
Our particular principles of religion are a subject...
I discharge every person under punishment or...
And, finally, that truth is great and will...
The spirit of resistance to government is so...
No man has a natural right to commit...
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A democracy is nothing more than mob...
If there be any among us who...
Is it a right or a duty...
Were parties here divided merely by a greediness...
Nothing can be more exactly and seriously...
The two enemies of the people are...
The issue today is the same as it has...
I consider the foundation of the Constitution...
[We should be] determined... to sever ourselves...
The several states composing the United States...
The true theory of our Constitution is surely...
And I sincerely believe, with you, that...
Government can do something for the people...
The judiciary of the United States is the subtle...
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