"It is for us and our time...to say the right makes might."
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"Bad promises are better broken than kept."
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"Ready are we all to cry out and ascribe motives when our toes are pinched."
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"...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world; but I do think that it is charged with the duty of preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself."
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"The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy."
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"Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil]."
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"I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind."
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"I always [or "often"] walk slowly, but I never walk backwards."
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"The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow ALL the governed an equal voice in the government, and that, and that only, is self-government."
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"It is not our frowning battlements...or the strength our gallant and disciplined army? These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land... Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere."
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"The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats."
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"IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting."
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"All the armies of Europe combined could not by force make a track upon the Blue Ridge, or take a drink from the Ohio. If we are to be destroyed, we must do it ourselves."
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"Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's."
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"If 600,000 people have to die in order for the nation to live, then 600,000 people will die."
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"Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security."
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"If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions."
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"I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so."
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"I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men."
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"We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States. We should bear this in mind, and act in such a way as to say nothing insulting or irritating. I would inculcate this idea, so that we may not, like Pharisees, set ourselves up to be better than other people."
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