Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.Thomas Jefferson
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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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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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
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No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as of duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former only.
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