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I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the mem

I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possessed of their contents, and shall have had opportunity to deliberate on the consequences of their publication; after which time, I submit them to your wisdom. – John Adams

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When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. – John Adams

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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. – John Adams

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La molesse est douce, et sa suite est cruelle. – John Quincy Adams

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People who think by the inch and talk by the yard deserve to be kicked by the foot. – Anon.

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Drop, dropin our sleep, upon the heartsorrow falls, memorys pain,and to us, though against our very will,even in our own despite,comes wisdomby the awful grace of God. – Aeschylus

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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. – Mark Twain

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For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. – Jean Paul

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