Character is much easier kept than recovered.
From Thomas Paine
The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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