"It is much easier to pull down a government, in such a conjuncture of affairs as we have seen, than to build up, at such a season as the present."
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"The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write."
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"It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide."
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