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"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."
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"I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required."


"We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power."


"Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority."


"The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business."


"The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees."


"It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear...'"


"The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy."
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