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.