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What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty!

William Shakespeare

Nothing will come of nothing.

William Shakespeare

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

Thomas Jefferson

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

Thomas Jefferson

I can never consent to being dictated to.

Jane Austen

What is right and what is practicable are two different things.

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Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Abraham Lincoln

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

Ulysses S. Grant

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

Benjamin Harrison

Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick.

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