"What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself."

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"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."

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"Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold."

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"I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down."

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"Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

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"Don't criticize them, they are just what we would be under similar circumstances."

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"I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it."

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"While the people retain their virtue, and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government, in the short space of four years."

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