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"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war."

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

"There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls."

"My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons."
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"Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done."

"A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him."

"Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out."

"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck."

"To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them."

"America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future."
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