safeguard of free government.
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No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.
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What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart.
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There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally.
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I submit to you that we must press along. Borrowing from Epictetus, let us say to ourselves Since we are men, we will play the part of Man.
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