All authority belongs to the people.
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Our constitution is a peace establishment it is not calculated for war. War would endanger its existence.
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Power is not alluring to pure minds.
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Believing that happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded, that the evils of war are great in their endurance, and have a long reckoning for ages to come, I have used
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A government big enough to supply you with everything you need is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.... The course of history shows that as the government grows, liberty decreases.
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I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
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