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1838–1905 United States

John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln. He served as United States Secretary of State from 1898 to 1905 under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

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The people will come to their own at last,—
God is not mocked forever.

You may rezoloot till the cows come home.

He never funked and he never lied
I reckon he never knowed how.

A sentinel angel sitting high in glory
Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:
"Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!"

I think that saving a little child
And bringing him to his own,
Is a derned sight better business
Than loafing around the throne.

At my door the Pale Horse stands
To carry me to unknown lands.

Dealing with a government [Tsarist Russia] with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult and delicate matter.

The angel answer'd, "Nay, sad soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true heart's desire
Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!"

He weren't no saint—but at jedgment
I'd run my chance with Jim.
'Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing—
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ ain't a-going to be too hard
On a man that died for men.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Hay (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.