"To be well-informed is the best security against the evils of society."

"The more perfect civilization is, the less occasion has it for government, because the more does it regulate its own affairs, and govern itself."

"Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good."

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"Reason, and not habit, is the governor of a people."