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All I have learned, I learned from books.

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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar

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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

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I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seem...more

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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

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Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least pa...more

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I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed ...more

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It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly...more

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I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the very sternest necessity can ever justify it. A...more

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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the hea...more

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The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both *may* be, and one *must* be, wrong. God ...more

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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject ...more