We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.
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A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.
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Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.
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All men are by nature born equally free and independent.
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I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.
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In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people.
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As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.
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Slavery discourages arts and manufactures.
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As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this.
