If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.
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I have the consolation to reflect that during the period of my administration not a drop of the blood of a single fellow citizen was shed by the sword of war or of the law.
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