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No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

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The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses...more

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It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by...more

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A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

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The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.

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A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

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Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

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There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.