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"The rights of individuals ought to be the primary object of all government, and cannot be too securely guarded by the…"

"America stands armed with resolution and virtue; but she still recoils at the idea of drawing the sword against the n…"

"I have my fears. Yet, notwithstanding the complicated difficulties that rise before us, there is no receding; and I s…"

"The thorns, the thistles, and the briers, in the field of politics seldom permit the soil to produce anything, but we…"

"One hundred years hence, what a change will be made, In politics, morals, religion and trade, In statesmen who wrangl…"

"Our laws then will be uncompulsory rules, Our prisons converted to national schools."

"Oppression and war will be heard of no more, Nor the blood of a slave leave his print on our shore, Conventions will …"

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