I mean not to boast; I would not excite envy, but manly emulation. We have all one common cause; let it, therefore, be our only contest, who shall most contribute to the security of the liberties of America.
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Grover Cleveland
Values supposed to be fixed are fast becoming conjectural, and loss and failure have invaded every branch of business.
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Grover Cleveland
The people of the United States are entitled to a sound and stable currency and to money recognized as such on every exchange and in every market of the world.
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J. S. Mill
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
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Nelson Mandela
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
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Nelson Mandela
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in away that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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Thomas Paine
An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Thomas Paine
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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Thomas Paine
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
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Walter Bagehot
A political country is like an American forest; you have only to cut down the old trees, and immediately new trees come up to replace them.