Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

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How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this...

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this...

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

One on God's side is a majority.

One on God's side is a majority.

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...