"No man's life, liberty, or property are..." - Quote by Mark Twain
No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
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“The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.”
“Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”
“One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning.”
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“Personal rights, universally the same, demand a government framed on the ratio of the census: property demands a government framedon the ratio of owners and of owning.”
“The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied. They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer - and they don't want explanations that do not give them that.”
“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”
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“The greater speed and success that distinguish the planting of the human race in this country, over all other plantations in history, owe themselves mainly to the new subdivisions of the State into small corporations of land and power.”
“I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.”
“Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.”