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- I want a warm and faithful friend, To cheer the adverse hour; Who ne'er to flatter will descend, Nor bend the knee to power,- A… Adverse
- The political system of the United States is essentially extra-European. To stand in firm and cautious independence of all entanglement in the European system has… Administration
- The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe. On… Acquiring
- It is essential..that you should form and adopt certain rules or principles, for the government of your own conduct and temper. Unless you have such… Adopt
- The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind. Bible
- The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult. Conducted
- Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these… Art
- Westward the star of empire takes its way. Empire
- Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God. Every Temptation
- Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long, 'Tis not with me exactly so; But 'tis so in the song. My wants… Each
- The imagination of a eunuch dwells more and longer upon the material of love than that of man or woman ... supplying, so far as… Dwells
- The best guarantee against the abuse of power consists in the freedom, the purity, and the frequency of popular elections. Abuse
- I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong. Ask
- Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found. Earth
- The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war. Defense
- Death fixes forever the relation existing between the departed spirit and the survivors upon earth. Death
- The origin of the political relations between the United States and France is coeval with the first years of our independence. The memory of it… Arduous
- So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation… Ability
- The conflict between the principle of liberty and the fact of slavery is coming gradually to an issue. Slavery has now the power, and falls… All
- Religion, charity, pure benevolence, and morals, mingled up with superstitious rites and ferocious cruelty, form in their combination institutions the most powerful and the most… Afflicted
- There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore… Alone
- The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity to one of… Agricultural
- I want the seals of power and place, the ensigns of command, charged by the people's unbought grace, to rule my native land. Nor crown,… Ask
- To preserve, to improve, and to perpetuate the sources and to direct in their most effective channels the streams which contribute to the public weal… Channels
- In the American hemisphere the cause of freedom and independence has continued to prevail, and if signalized by none of those splendid triumphs which had… Achieved
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