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"When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir."
"When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions."
"The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience. [On diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China]"
"... let us recall the well-known statement of a university professor in the Republic of the Massagetes: 'Not the faculty but His Excellency the General can properly determine the sum of two and two.'"
"How could you say the best form of government is a republic if you think the universe is a monarchy?"
"Consequently, if the republic is the weal of the people, and there is no people if it be not associated by a common acknowledgment of right, and if there is no right where there is no justice, then most certainly it follows that there is no republic where there is no justice."
"Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement."
"We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic. Where we have been the truest and most consistent in obeying its precepts, we have attained the greatest measure of contentment and prosperity."
"I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division."
"The nonconformist and the rebel say all manner of unanswerable things against the existing republic, but discover to our sense no plan of house or state of their own."
"The only foundation for useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion."
"If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last."
"How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? - Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?"
"What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal."
"I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. "With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them."
"Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?"
