Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
From Thomas Paine
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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