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If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now dist...more

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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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In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentime...more

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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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Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.

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What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.

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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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The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation.

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The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the latest generation.