So plain that no one, high or low, ever does mistake it, except in a plainly selfish way; for although volume upon volume is written to prove slavery a very good thing, we never hear of the man who wishes to take the good of it, by being a slave himself.

I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing.

If at any time all labour should cease, and all existing provisions be equally divided among the people, at the end of a single year there could scarcely be one human being left alive--all would have perished by want of subsistence.

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