The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
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Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap. Let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges. Let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs.
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As the problems are new, we must disenthrall ourselves from the past.
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If elected I shall be thankful if not, it will be all the same.
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