I intend discourtesy to no one.

_TWENTY-EIGHTH_

The doctrine of self-government is right--absolutely and eternally

right.

_TWENTY-NINTH_

This government is expressly charged with the duty of providing for

the general welfare.

_THIRTIETH_

We are not bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To

do so would be to reject all progress, all improvement.

_THIRTY-FIRST_

Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation

of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them.

_APRIL_

_The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter

us from the support of a cause which we deem to be just._

_FIRST_

You can fool some of the people all of the time, or all of the people

some of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the

time.

_SECOND_

He has abundant talents--quite enough to occupy all his time without

devoting any to temper.

_THIRD_

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