"No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law."

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"No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law."

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"I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid."

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"Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again."

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