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The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.


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A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.



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If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.



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I never meet a ragged boy in the street without feeling that i may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat.



If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.



I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.

I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.



Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.



The return to solid values is always hard... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values.

The return to solid values is always hard... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values.



If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, - it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, - it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.





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