There is no doubt that the real destroyer of the liberties of any people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and largess.
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Perserverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
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Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.
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