Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.
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... whenever any form of government becomes destructive ... it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it...Thomas Jefferson
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
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A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.
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Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.
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