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The economy of injustice is to furnish resources for the fund of corruption.
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Tyrannous exaction brings on servile concealment; and that again calls forth tyrannous coercion.
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Baffled, discountenanced, subdued, discredited, as the cause of justice and humanity is, it will be only the dearer to me.
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Our attempts to banish this importunate duty will only make it return upon us again and again, and every time in a shape more unpleasant than the former.
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When I see the spirit of liberty in action, I see a strong principle at work; and this, for a while, is all I can possibly know of it.
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The Revolution was made to preserve our ancient indisputable laws and liberties, and that ancient constitution of government which is our only security for law and liberty.
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An armed disciplined body is, in its essence, dangerous to liberty; undisciplined, it is ruinous to society.