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The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mutual covenant.
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We should hold our differing opinions in mutual respect, and, having submitted them to the arbitrament of the ballot, should accept an adverse judgment with the same respect that we would have demanded of our opponents if the decision had been in our favor.
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The man who has come to regard the ballot box as a juggler's hat has renounced his allegiance.
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No political party can long pursue advantage at the expense of public honor or by rude and indecent methods without protest and fatal disaffection in its own body.
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They will presently themselves be compelled to appeal to the law for protection, and those who would use the law as a defense must not deny that use of it to others.