Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety. - Benjamin Franklin

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But a tax on luxuries would no other effect than to raise their price. It would fall wholly on the consumer, and could neither increase wages nor lower profits.

Benjamin Franklin

Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety.

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Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

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After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors, which has not yet found its fellow, and therefore is not even half so useful as they might be together.

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