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.