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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have read more
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into read more
It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy.
Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or read more
Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or wrong!
Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.
Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.
There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in read more
There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the read more
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of read more
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness
