In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
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In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.
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The man who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave.
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