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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."
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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."
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"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."
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"Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all."
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"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."
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"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."
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"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men."
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"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell."
War
"I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy."
War
"If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you."
Politics
"I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers."
Battle
"I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace."
Peace
"The voice of the people is the voice of humbug."
People
"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are."
Truth
"My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom."
Wisdom
"If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking."
War
"He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war."
War
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