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“No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.”

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I care not whether the soldiers are of Milesian, Teutonic, African or Angelo-Saxon descent. I despise the principle that make a difference between them…

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I can never acknowledge the right of slavery. I will bow down to no deity however worshipped by professing Christians - however dignified by…

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I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only courted the…

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The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.

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I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.

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Every humane and patriotic heart must grieve to see a bloody and causeless rebellion, costing thousands of human lives and millions of treasure. But…

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Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children…

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I wish the Indians had newspapers of their own. If they had, you would have horrible pictures of the cold-blooded murders of inoffensive Indians.

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I answer, because I live among men and not among angels.

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“Do you inquire why, holding these views and possessing some will of my own, i accept so imperfect a proposition? I answer, because I…

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There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics in false…

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“kill trhe beast before it kills you”

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Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He…

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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.

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A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen…

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My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little…

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The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.

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