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It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace.

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How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be

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It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

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A government, forever changing and changeable, is, indeed, in a state bordering upon anarchy and confusion.

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Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.

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The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic...

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Human wisdom is the aggregate of all human experience, constantly accumulating, selecting, and reorganizing its own materials.

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[The law] is a jealous mistress, and requires a long and constant courtship. It is not to be won by trifling favors, but by lavish homage.

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Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice.

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And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.

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One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms.

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A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government.

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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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Here shall the Press the People's right maintain,
Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain;
Here Patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw,
Pledged to Religion, Liberty, and Law.

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