Revolt is the right of the people
Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as well as that. For where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of those that have it: There it presently becomes Tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many.
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
Whoever uses force without Right ... puts himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it, and in that state all former Ties are canceled, all other Rights cease, and every one has a Right to defend himself, and to resist the Aggressor.
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
Don't tell me what I can't do!
Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society and made by the legislative power vested in it and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.
Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. The great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.
Men's happiness or misery is [for the] most part of their own making.
Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.
How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
Logic is the anatomy of thought.
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything.
Try all things, hold fast that which is good.
What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?
To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
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