“ An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. ”
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“ Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. ”
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“ All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty. ”
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“ An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. ”
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“ Political parties serve to keep each other in check, one keenly watching the other. ”
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“ Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. ”
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“ Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. ”
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“ An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. ”
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“ The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity - unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity. ”
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“ Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition. ”
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“ Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition. ”
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“ Let him who elevates himself above humanity... say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromise. ”
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“ All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based…Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises. ”
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“ An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. ”
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“ Political parties serve to keep each other in check, one keenly watching the other. ”
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“ Political parties serve to keep each other in check, one keenly watching the other. ”
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“ I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance. ”
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“ I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance. ”
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“ A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether he was ever mistaken in his life. ”
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“ It is much more important that we unite, harmonize and improve what we have than attempt to acquire more. ”
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“ The gentleman cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must. ”
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“ Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. ”
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“ In all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart. ”
- Henry Clay- Copy
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“ All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based…Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises. ”
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