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Slavery is the great and foul stain upon the North American Union.


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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.



Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.




The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.



Whoever tells the best story wins.

Whoever tells the best story wins.



I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement; battered by the winds and broken in on by the storms, and, from all I can learn, the landlord does not intend to repair.

I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement; battered by the winds and broken in on by the storms, and, from all I can learn, the landlord does not intend to repair.



America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.



I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.

I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.



The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ.

The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ.



I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.

I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.





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It was Nathaniel's boundless capacity for stating the obvious that made him so charmingly human.



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It's like people care more about their pride than about what's correct, about the truth.



Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.



We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.

We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.



A research division develops marketing material for its deal makers. We have no policy position. If you have a policy position you can't possibly forecast.

A research division develops marketing material for its deal makers. We have no policy position. If you have a policy position you can't possibly forecast.



I won't go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me 'E.T.' and 'Chariots of Fire' instead. That's entertainment, not exploitation of the human body.

I won't go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me 'E.T.' and 'Chariots of Fire' instead. That's entertainment, not exploitation of the human body.



A lot of my early pictures are, I think, quite funny. And these days I tend to look for comedy more and more.

A lot of my early pictures are, I think, quite funny. And these days I tend to look for comedy more and more.



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If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a sudden you'll find that he's the main reason why you're losing, which is absurd for me.



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Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes visible.



Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.




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