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"No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration."
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"The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible."
"What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil."
"The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive."
"Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will."
"I inquired what wickedness is, and I didn't find a substance, but a perversity of will twisted away from the highest substance " You oh God " towards inferior things, rejecting its own inner life and swelling with external matter."
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"Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished."
"It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment."
"The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity."
"With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate."
"With respect to the northeastern boundary of the United States, no official correspondence between this Government and that of Great Britain has passed since that communicated to Congress toward the close of their last session."
"The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant."
"In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large."
"As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it."
"My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you."
"The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations."
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