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1. "Let us all learn to be free, and to be loyal." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

2. "The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

3. "There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

4. "It would be stupid tameness, and unaccountable folly, for whole nations to suffer one unreasonable, ambitious and cruel man, to wanton and riot in their misery." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

5. "According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and perverted to serve bad purposes, either through the weakness or wickedness of men." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

6. "All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

7. "Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

8. "For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

9. "I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

10. "It is our happiness to live under the government of a PRINCE who is satisfied with ruling according to law; as every other good prince will - We enjoy under his administration all the liberty that is proper and expedient for us." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

11. "Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery and misery of that society, the welfare of which, we ourselves, as well as our sovereign, are indispensably obliged to secure and promote, as far as in us lies." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

12. "Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they do, in fact, find themselves thus abused and oppressed, they must be stupid not to complain." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

13. "Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

14. "But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

15. "Extremes are dangerous." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

16. "It becomes us, therefore, to be contented, and dutiful subjects." ~ Jonathan Mayhew

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The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. These subtilised interpretations are highly manifold according to their nature and have almost nothing to do with the original text. For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions."
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