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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order.
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The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside ... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them ... the weak will become prey to the strong.
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.
