"That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."
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"I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it."
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"The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation."
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"Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people and who, to say the most of them, are, taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men"
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"You have confidence in yourself, which is valuable, if not an indispensable quality."
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"One's only security in life comes from doing something uncommonly well."
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"I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff."
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"That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance."
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"With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured."
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"Anxiety beclouds the future."
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"Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert, but that I never deserted her."
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"He who sees cruelty and does nothing about it is himself cruel."
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"We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come."
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"Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon."
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"I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me."
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"His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death."
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"I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop"
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"I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west."
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"We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous."
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"As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer."
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