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"I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct)."
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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."

"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."

"The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best."

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

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

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

"I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment the sober second thought of the people."

"The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world."
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