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• A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one anothe
  which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned....
• when all government... in little as in great thing
  hall be drawn to Washington as the centre of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated....
• When all government ...in little as in great things.
  .. shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all powe...
• Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself.
  Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?...
• But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her.
  -- New Testament -- Luke x, 42...
• Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest me
  with understanding sufficient for their stations....
• Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political
  peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations,--entangling alliances with none...
• The First Amendment has erected a wall of separation between church and state, but that wall is a one directional wall
  it keeps the government from running the church, but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government....
• No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms.
  The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government....