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Quote by Hosea Ballou
The oppression of any people for opinions sake has rarely had any

The oppression of any people for opinions sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important. – Hosea Ballou

Other quotes by Hosea Ballou

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page. – Hosea Ballou

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Habits
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Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the cowards revenge for being intimidated. – Hosea Ballou

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Hate
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Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness. – Hosea Ballou

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Happiness
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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy. – Benicio Del Toro

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Freedom

I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech. – Stockwell Day

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Freedom

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom. – Felix Baumgartner

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Freedom

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that. – Richard M. Nixon

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Freedom

Random Quotes

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. – Ben Jonson

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Happiness

We all know funny people who cant get it down on the page – even funny writers who cant get it down on the page. – Calvin Trillin

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funny

The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following Gods plan seems like it doesnt make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us. – Allyson Felix

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God

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces. – Cleveland Abbe

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Dreams