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- If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil.
- Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifice.
- What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself.
- As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
- Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust.
- above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications, and to watch over their…
- Lawyers belong to the people by birth and interest, and to the aristocracy by habit and taste; they may be looked upon as the connecting…
- In cities men cannot be prevented from concerting together, and from awakening a mutual excitement which prompts sudden and passionate resolutions. Cities may be looked…
- The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others to its beliefs,…
- The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory;…
- Life is to be entered upon with courage.
- Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they…
- It would seem as if the rulers of our time sought only to use men in order to make things great; I wish that they…
- Life is to entered upon with courage.
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