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• It will be the duty of the Executive, with sufficient appropriations for the purpose, to prosecute unsparingly all who have been engaged…
• It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear...
• Perhaps the happiest moment of my life was then, when I saw that our line didn't break and that the enemy's did.
• Personally I do not resort to force- not even the force of law- to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion,…
• It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.
• One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.
• It is now true that this is God's Country, if equal rights-a fair start and an equal chance in the race of…
• Fighting battles is like courting girls: those who make the most pretensions and are boldest usually win.
• I see no reason why Indians who can give satisfactory proof of having by their own labor supported their families for a…
• We all agree that neither the Government nor political parties ought to interfere with religious sects. It is equally true that religious…
• The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.
• The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or…

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