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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.

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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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