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Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present.
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude. Every man will speak as he thinks, or, more properly, without thinking, and consequently will judge of effects without attending to their causes.
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Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
At a distance from the theatre of action, truth is not always related without embellishment, and sometimes is entirely perverted, from a misconception of the causes which produce the effects that are the subjects of censure.
Letters of friendship require no study.
I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.
[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
