"How much pain they have cost us,..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
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“Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.”
“The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a government established on so immovable a basis.”
“We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.”