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But what is to be the fate of the great wen of all? The monster, called, by the silly coxcombs of the press, "the metropolis of the empire"?

— William Cobbett

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Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.

The profession of arms is always the most honourable.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine (1796)

However roguish a man may be, he always loves to deal with an honest man.

All that I can boast of in my birth, is, that I was born in Old England.

Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine (1796)

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One country, one constitution, one destiny.

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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

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Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”

Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time (1965)

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