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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Choice Government Man
We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Children Family Love Parents
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Bone Defeat Man Muscle Reason
It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Arrogant Exclusive Greatness Nature
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Humor Person Road Spring
If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Place Road Ruin Yourself
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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Give Up Ourselves Rich World
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Law Master Obedience Rule Servant
A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation’s young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
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Conservatism Funeral Life Man Nation Wound Young
Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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Blunt Government Rule
Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Humble Man Proud Walk Yourself
Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Hard Master Yourself
I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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Correct Fact Man Mistake
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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Neighbor See Yourself
See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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Each Other Feeling Life Pure True Yourself
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Access Door Each Other Reach Right

A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.

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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.

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