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"To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
"Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new."
"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
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"In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence."
"Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete."
"To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people."
"I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis."
"Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will."
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