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"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our read more
"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men." -Samuel Adams
Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say read more
Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.
Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.
Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people read more
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but
where men are who know how read more
Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but
where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are
cities and walls.
