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  1. The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.
  2. The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in t…
  3. The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
  4. The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.
  5. The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
  6. The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
  7. The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.
  8. The New Englander is attached to his township because it is strong and independent; he has an interest in it because he shares in its manag…

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