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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteWe can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteIf there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteThe cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteGovernment, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteLead, follow, or get out of the way.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteA long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteIt is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteHe 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.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteThat government is best which governs least.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteThose who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteWhen men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

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