A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

Thomas Paine

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For the innocent, the past may hold a reward. But for the treacherous, it's only a matter of time before the past delivers what they truly deserve.

It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.

English Proverb

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

William E. Gladstone

How to be unhappy: stay inside all day, move as little as possible, spend more than you earn, take yourself (and life) too seriously, look for reasons why things won't work, always consume, never contribute, resent the lucky and successful, never say hello first, be unreliable.

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