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Caleb Cushing

"Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"Let no such man be trusted."

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Donna Grant

"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."

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Donna Grant

"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

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Donna Grant

"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."

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Donna Grant

"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."

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Donna Grant

"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good."

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Donna Grant

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

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Donna Grant

"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

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Donna Grant

"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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Caleb Cushing
"We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids."

Government

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Caleb Cushing
"The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress."

Power

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Caleb Cushing
"Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct."

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Caleb Cushing
"And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then I shall send my voice beyond the walls of this Capitol for redress."

People

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Caleb Cushing
"If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions."

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Caleb Cushing
"These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever."

Rights

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Caleb Cushing
"Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate."

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Caleb Cushing
"Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?"

Faith

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"The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of slavery in the States, have been cited. It has been said that those petitions were not received."

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Caleb Cushing
"Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers."

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