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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.

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"The imposition of anything on a human mind, which God made to be free, is hypocritical and wrong."

"Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free, God never coerced anyone to follow him, and the imposition of a religion by government officials is impious."

"The coercion of a person to make contributions -- especially monetary -- to a religion he doesn't support is tyrannical and creates favoritism among ministers."

"Government involvement in matters tends to end in the restraint of religion."

"Civil rights do not depend on religious beliefs, and what a person thinks is no business of the government."

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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise therof."

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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

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"A patriot must always be ready to defend
his country against his government."

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"Nurture voluntary associations. Limit the size, and more importantly, the scope of government. So long as the state provides a basic rule of law that steers people away from destructive or parasitic ways of life and in the direction of productive ways of life, society runs itself. If you want people to flourish, let them run their own lives."

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America quite rightly aspires to the moral high ground, and does so loudly. It is quite rightly proud of its Constitution, which to my mind is more fundamentally valuable than anybody's standard of living (although there's a lot to be said for basing a social philosophy on 24-hour nude breakfast bars). It is constantly asserting its right to moral leadership, which it certainly has the ability to display, and it should be as loudly disappointed as the rest of us when our high hopes and expectations are betrayed.

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Snake. We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing... the only thing I was good at. But... at least I always fought for what I believed in.

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I finally understand. I wasn't waiting to kill people, I was waiting for someone to kill me. A man like you. You're a hero.

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A strong man doesn't need to read the future, he makes his own.

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You mustn't allow yourself to be chained to fate, to be ruled by your genes. Human beings can choose the kind of life that they want to live. What's important is that you choose life... and then live.