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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."
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Body Education
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"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
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Control
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"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."
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Choice
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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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Government
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"One single object...[will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation."
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Government

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"It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it"
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Honorable
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"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
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America
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"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
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People
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"Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning."
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"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
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Freedom
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"My creed had been formed on unsheathing the sword at Lexington"
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"Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education and free discussion are the antidotes of both."
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Bigotry
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"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."
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Expression Freedom
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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."
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Attitude

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