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Quotes by Statesman
"Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions."
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"Man's best support is a very dear friend."
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"And be careful of this, that each day at your meals you have two overseers over your household when you sit at meals, and of this be sure, that you shall be very much feared and reverenced."
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"If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second or even the third place."
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"But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must be void, because it is repugnant to the law of nature and of nations."
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"In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction."
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"Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends."
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"It is particularly moving, and I can say this also as a Protestant Christian, that a German - one of us - has been made Pope."
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"There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends."
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"Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms."
Will,
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"Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow."
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"The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation."
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"But the Constitution was made not only for southern and northern states, but for states neither northern nor southern, namely, the western states, their coming in being foreseen and provided for."
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"To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions."
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"I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations."
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"Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent."
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"If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence."
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"In the symphony of a nation's success, unity plays the melody, and discipline conducts the harmony."
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"However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice."
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"If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable."
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"And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in one direction - you are dealing with a more volatile electorate than most people believe they have."
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"I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free."
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"We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part of the problem is that, since 1998, there has been no way to even get minimal information about those programs except through intelligence means."
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"It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed."
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"To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely."
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"Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think."
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