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- Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his…
- The benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
- Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
- It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than…
- What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government. It has been…
- Nations are beginning to look to some vague organization, some nebulous course of humanity, to pay their bills and tell them what to do. This…
- I do not want to see any of the people cringing supplicants for the favor of the Government, when they should all be independent masters…
- If the people lose control of the arteries of trade and the natural sources of mechanical power, the nationalization of all industry should soon be…
- I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all…
- Our country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military force as comports…
- Public debt [is] a burden on all the people.
- The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. ... The general welfare cannot be provided for in…
- There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's…
- All growth depends upon activity.
- Human nature provides sufficient distrust of all that is alien, so that there is no need of any artificial supply.
- I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable people. They are…
- If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers…
- Realizing that we can not live unto ourselves alone, we have contributed of our resources and our counsel to the relief of the suffering and…
- You have to stand every day three or four hours of visitors. Nine-tenths of them want something they ought not to have. If you keep…
- The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive peoples.
- All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
- They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they…
- Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
- The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged…
- After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.
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- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle