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who did not delay for any formal vote to empower him to do so, but followed him because he was born to command
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He who is wise tries to harmonise the wishes that seek for self-gratification with the wish for the social good, and only thus can he realise his higher self.
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The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.
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Let us measure what we will do for others by what they will do for themselves.
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he should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves the country best
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Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.
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Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him?
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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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I would have given anything then to have been back in Illinois, but I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do; I kept right on.
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The world is advanced only by those who more than fill their present places.
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If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.
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Never with my consent shall an officer of the people, compensated for his services out of their pockets, become the pliant instrument of Executive will.
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If we would promise we must put ourselves in a position to perform our promise.
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The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves.
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Our duty is to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil without impairing the good, to purify and humanize every process of our common life without weakening or sentimentalizing it.
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When the interests of mankind are at stake, they will obey with joy the man whom they believe to be wiser than themselves.
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With such aids and an honest purpose to do whatever is right, I hope to execute diligently, impartially, and for the best interests of the country the manifold duties devolved upon me.
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By holding the representative responsible only to the people, and exempting him from all other influences, we elevate the character of the constituent and quicken his sense of responsibility to his country.