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Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win,
And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin.

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These men are all talk; What is needed is action — action!

All persons known to be of good character and of sound mind and suitable age, who are connected with this organization, whether male or female, shall be encouraged to carry arms openly.

Provisional Constitution and Ordinances (1858)

Persons convicted of the forcible violation of any female prisoner shall be put to death.

Provisional Constitution and Ordinances (1858)

John Brown died that the slaves might be free. His soul goes marching on.

I bring you one of the best and bravest persons on this continent — General Tubman as we call her.

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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

William Hazlitt Lectures on the English Comic Writers (1819)

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Karl Barth The Harper Book of Quotations (1993)

Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt,
And every grin so merry draws one out.

John Wolcot

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