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Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all the evils in its train that they might reign & ride on its whirlwinds & direct the Storm — The free people of these United States have spoken, and consigned these wicked demagogues to their proper doom.
You must, to get through life well, practice industry with economy, never create a debt for anything that is not absolutely necessary, and if you make a promise to pay money at a day certain, be sure to comply with it. If you do not, you lay yourself liable to have your feelings injured and your reputation destroyed with the just imputation of violating your word.
In the performance of a task thus generally delineated I shall endeavor to select men whose diligence and talents will insure in their respective stations able and faithful cooperation, depending for the advancement of the public service more on the integrity and zeal of the public officers than on their numbers.
Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well. But when you get in debt you become a slave. Therefore I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man's surety. If your friend is in distress, aid him if you have the means to spare. If he fails to be able to return it, it is only so much lost.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
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You are uneasy; you never sailed with me before, I see.
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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
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John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!
Disputed The American Conflict (1865)
Oh, do not cry. Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven ... I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven.
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It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
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Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
Attributed Excellent Quotations for Home and School Selected for the use of Teachers and Pupils (1890)
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
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Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
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Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn.
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Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
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Never take counsel of your fears.
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One man with courage makes a majority.
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To the victors belong the spoils.
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John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.
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Our Federal Union! It must be preserved!
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