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This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit

This gives force to the strong — that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance or original action. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I am lord of myself, accountable to none. – Benjamin Franklin

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The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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