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" The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger. "

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" I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President. "

" Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. "

" The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough. "

" As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending. "

" You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. "

" The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests. "

" Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit. "

" There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. "

" Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down. "

" I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment. "

" War is a blessing compared with national degradation. "

" No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody. "

" Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. "

" To the victors belong the spoils. "

" The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once. "

" Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. "

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" It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word. "

" If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword. "

" The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws. "

" Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments. "

" Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there. "

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