'It ought to make all who profess evangelical Christianity ashamed that the finest and most compassionate souls have not been within their own borders, but rather amongst those whose deepest thoughts have aroused the suspicion of heresy. Evangelical Christianity, as people understand it, has absolutely failed to kindle the Divine Compassion, and to realize itself in a great fire of sacred devotion to all life.'
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'These are days you'll remember.' If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.
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The wayside of business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt, and lacked the stamina to finish. Their places were taken by patient and unshowy plodders who never knew when to quit.
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I explain to you, exactly and truly, how we are circumstanced. A greater portion of our means is unavailable, consisting of a house in S. Springfield and some wild lands in Iowa. Notwithstanding my great and good husband's life was sacrificed for his country, we are left to struggle in a manner...of life undeserved. Roving Generals have elegant mansions showered upon them, and the American people leave the family of the Martyred President to struggle as best they may! Strange justice this.
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Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated. Our wrongs will be made right, and we will once more, taste the blessings of freedom.
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I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue.
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Every minute this broad spends outside of bed is a waste of time.
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I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation
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Few ever live to old age, and fewer still ever became distinguished, who were not in the habit of early rising.
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I was a little scared of Tom, to tell you the truth. He's too unpredictable for me. I don't want to find myself in an Italian prison somewhere, wondering what the hell was I thinking hanging out with Tom Green.
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Its a shame that stupidity isn't painful.
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Life is like a circle, and someday if we travel in opposite directions on the circle we will meet again.
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Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind.
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It just proves that you can't tell who's on drugs until you test them.
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You don't have power if you surrender all your principles -- you have office.
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They think because of their youth that if the state finds out they'll become a ward of the state.
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