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- We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we know, that that…
- You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is…
- And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God ... and…
- A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain…
- Your good mother tells me you are feeling very badly in your new situation. Allow me to assure you it is a perfect certainty that…
- Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food…
- Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only is…
- Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode is very simple,…
- Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy.
- The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion.
- Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.
- The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.
- I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost,…
- There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races…
- It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more…
- We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may…
- There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the…
- By the 'mud-sill' theory it is assumed that labor and education are incompatible; and any practical combination of them impossible. According to that theory, a…
- One's only security in life comes from doing something uncommonly well.
- Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long…
- The only security a man can ever have is the ability to do a job uncommonly well.
- I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more…
- Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.
- We can succeed only by concert. It is not 'can any of us imagine better?, but 'can we all do better?
- Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.
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- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
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