We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.
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Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.
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To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense.
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Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man.
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I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.
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Joseph A. Schumpeter
My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make.
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We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.
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