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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger
To rule is easy, to govern difficult
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves
There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself
Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.
I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office.
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.
We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
Declaration of Independence
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Remark to Baron von Humboldt, 1807
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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