Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
John Adams
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- Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
- I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
- Fear is the foundation of most governments.
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