The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.
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The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
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