Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.
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The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.James F. Cooper
The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.
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They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.
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All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.
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Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.
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It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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