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“Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.”
“When public opinion changes, it is with the rapidity of thought.”
“Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.”
“It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read.”
“The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed.”
“There is not a truth existing which I fear or would wish unknown to the whole world.”
“Do not be frightened from this inquiry by any fear of its consequences.”
“Although we are free by the law, we are not so in practice.”
“After all, it is my principle that the will of the Majority should always prevail.”
“The sun passeth through pollutions and itself remains as pure as before.”
“The unassisted hand and the understanding left to itself possess but little power.”
“The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of argument.”
“Truth, therefore, and utility are here perfectly identical.”