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It is a flat'ning Thought, that the more we have seen, the less we have to say.

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Thomas Jefferson

If your letters are as long as the bible, they will appear short to me. Only let them be brim full of affection.

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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that. . . it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

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A true patriot will defend his country from its government.

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When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.

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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

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