Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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