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> [The purification of politics is an iridescent dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/the-purification-of-politics-is-an-iridescent-dream/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

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## More by John James Ingalls

> [There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/there-is-neither-rank-nor-station-nor-prerogative-in-the-republic-of/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [Ad astra per aspera. Translated: "to the stars through difficulties".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/ad-astra-per-aspera-translated-to-the-stars-through-difficulties/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [Pennsylvania, the state that has produced two great men: Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/pennsylvania-the-state-that-has-produced-two-great-men-benjamin/)

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> [In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/in-the-democracy-of-the-dead-all-men-at-last-are-equal-there-is/)

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> [I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before I turn away--it is the hour of fate, And they who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/i-knock-unbidden-once-at-every-gate-if-sleeping-wake-if-feasting-rise/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [Every man is the center of a circle, whose fatal circumference he can not pass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/every-man-is-the-center-of-a-circle-whose-fatal-circumference-he-can/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [I answer not, and I return no more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/i-answer-not-and-i-return-no-more/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal...Its tenacious fibers hold the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/grass-is-the-forgiveness-of-nature-her-constant-benediction-forests/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [I think some orator commenting upon that fate said that though the winds of heaven might whistle around an Englishman's cottage, the King of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/i-think-some-orator-commenting-upon-that-fate-said-that-though-the/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [Grass is the forgiveness of nature-her constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/grass-is-the-forgiveness-of-nature-her-constant-benediction-fields/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [The purification of politics is an iridescent dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/the-purification-of-politics-is-an-iridescent-dream/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [Delaware: a state that has three counties when the tide is out, and two when it is in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/delaware-a-state-that-has-three-counties-when-the-tide-is-out-and-two/)

[John James Ingalls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-ingalls/)

> [The golden rule has no place in a political campaign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-ingalls/the-golden-rule-has-no-place-in-a-political-campaign/)

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