"Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country."
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"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
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"Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may."
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"We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others."
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"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms."
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"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
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"Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America."
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"Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. Liberty without thought is like a disturbed spirit."
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"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."
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"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
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"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over."
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"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
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"No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will."
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"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide."
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"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck."
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"Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance."
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"Freedom is independence of the compulsory will of another, and in so far as it tends to exist with the freedom of all according to a universal law, it is the one sole original inborn right belonging to every man in virtue of his humanity."
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"My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!"
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"Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country."
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"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
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