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“You are aware you can’t touch me. I have an immunity deal with your government. And I am a U.S. citizen, if you can believe that.” “I know all about your deal, and unfortunately for you, I don’t give a fuck.”
“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.”
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation. ”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“In politics as in philosophy, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to be honest and just ourselves and to exact it from others, meddling as little as possible in their affairs where our own are not involved. If this maxim was generally adopted, wars would cease and our swords would soon be converted into reap hooks and our harvests be more peaceful, abundant, and happy.”
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Shawn’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shawn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
237 books
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43 friends
409 books
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107 friends
540 books
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288 friends
2,105 books
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20 friends
599 books
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903 friends
1,150 books
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47 friends
179 books
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20 friends
682 books
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101 friends
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