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We have it in our power to begin the world over again
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When the world was over run with tyranny the least remove therefrom was a glorious rescue.
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This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe.
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The constitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people constituting its government.
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Government with insolence is despotism; but when contempt is added it becomes worse; and to pay for contempt is the excess of slavery.