All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.
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