“I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.”
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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.