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When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government-that is despotism.

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I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

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If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an average one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes -- no other marks or brands recollected.

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If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

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The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

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I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people.

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Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the national life. Family life may also collapse and the increase of mixed breed bastards may some day challenge the supremacy of the white man.

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I cannot bring myself to believe that any human being lives who would do me any harm.

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I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war.

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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

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Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully.

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I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

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Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.

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I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.

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Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.

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The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.

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On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

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Your rights end where my nose begins.

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The negative principle that no law is free law, is not much known except among lawyers.

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