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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but...
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Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other,...
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Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he...
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One must do violence to the object of one’s desire when it surrenders, the...
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If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much...
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For this invention of yours will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who...
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The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
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Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have...
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The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
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A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom...