I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
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Nothing will divert me from my purpose.
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.
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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
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Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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