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1139 Statesman Quotes

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
Ever Free Government No-One
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No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

Arms Debarred Freeman Shall
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For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Armed Best Free Mean
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

Believes Error He Ignorance
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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Book Chapter First Honesty
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Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

Decide Government Hesitate Latter
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Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

Approve Because Boldness Even
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

Alone Error Government Itself
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The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

Belongs Dead Earth Living
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Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Being Body Happiness Mind
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Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Begins Cast Conduct Eye
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Blood From Time To Time Liberty Must
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I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

Am America Become Book
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War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

Entirely Inefficient Instead Instrument
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Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.
About Done Going Talk
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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Achieving Attitude Earth Goal
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One man with courage is a majority.

Courage Majority Man One-Man
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My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Always Been Cheap Despair
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Friendship I Wish Mankind May
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Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

Consequence Consolidation Corruption Country
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

Body Dawn Day Enlighten
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

Gain Government Ground Liberty
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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.

Case Citizen Every Free
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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
Despotism Force Immediate Parent
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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

Against Altar Eternal Every
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In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Age Been Country Every
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Advantage Always Another Circumstances
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I cannot live without books.

Books Cannot Live Without
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
Able Every Every Man Free
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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Failure Hard Learning Preparation
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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

Almost Always Argument Cut
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Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

Bother First Help People
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A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

Become Determination Dream Hard
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Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

Close Down Shot Ego
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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Action Attains Chief Condition
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Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.
Age Bad Improve News
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I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

Giving Life Rest Speeches
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Achieve Attitude Big Develop
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Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Amount Back Certain Giving
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Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

Behind Child Forward Great
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Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.

Declare Eventually Heart Hope
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Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Details Distracted Doubly Everyone
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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

Average Competition Effort Occurs
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Force Optimism Perpetual
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It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

Bad Better Look Morning
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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

Contributor Efforts Greatest International
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War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Politics Purpose Resort Should
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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Afraid Backyard Challenge Even
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Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Failure Hard Learning Loyalty
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Hard People Play Seriously
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