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My hat's in the ring. The fight is one and I'm stripped to the buff.

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In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.

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If this country is really to go forward along the path of social and economic justice, there must be a new party of nationwide and non-sectional princ...more

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I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart tha...more

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Our fight is a fundamental fight against both of the old corrupt party machines, for both are under the dominion of the plunder league of the professi...more

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Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

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In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be...more

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No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The c...more

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Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your chi...more

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I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own ...more

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To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neit...more