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It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of tyranny - to make their life more bitter by he...more

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

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Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that su...more

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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

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If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.