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What Indeed Is Life, Unless So Far As It Is Enjoyed? It Does Not Merit The Name.

Power Is Not Happiness. Security And Peace Are More To Be Desired Than A Name At Which Nations Tremble.

The First Duty Of Man Is To Take None Of The Principles Of Conduct Upon Trust; To Do Nothing Without A Clear And Individual Conviction That It Is Right To Be Done.

Whenever Government Assumes To Deliver Us From The Trouble Of Thinking For Ourselves, The Only Consequences It Produces Are Those Of Torpor And Imbecility.

No Maxim Can Be More Pernicious Than That Which Would Teach Us To Consult The Temper Of The Times, And To Tell Only So Much As We Imagine Our Contemporaries Will Be Able To Bear.