"Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."
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"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
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"Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility."
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"Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love."
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"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms."
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"War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade."
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"It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war."
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"It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes."
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"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions."
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"While cares will drop off like autumn leaves."
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"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."
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"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
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"When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war."
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"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights."
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"Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise."
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"When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there."
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"If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution."
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"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."
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"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."
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"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."
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