It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
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A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.
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Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it."
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"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."
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"I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal."
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"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."
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"I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot."
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"Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
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"The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me."
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"Stand with anybody that stands RIGHT. Stand with him while he is right and PART with him when he goes wrong."

Peace through strength. Trust, but verify.
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Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
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Facts are stubborn things.
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Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
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A people free to choose will always choose peace.
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
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Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.
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Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
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I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.
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In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.
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It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
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No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
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One man with courage makes a majority.
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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
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The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.
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The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
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If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
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From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.
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Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
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I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
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In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.
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Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.
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Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
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I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
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I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
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And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
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A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.
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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
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Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.
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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.

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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
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Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
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Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
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Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.
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I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.
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If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.
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If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
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We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me is a strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the Constitution as it was designed by those who framed it.
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No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.
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The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.