politician Quotes
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War then, is a relation – not between man and man but between state and state and individuals are enemies only accidentally not as men, nor even as citizens but as soldiers not as members of their country, but as its defenders.
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For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields it up in his country’s cause. The highest merit, then is due to the soldier. - Abraham Lincoln
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Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.
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I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and the least encroachment of those invaluable privileges is apt to make my blood boil.
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The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.
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We are at a time in our country’s history that inclusive language is better than exclusive language.
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I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me...
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No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.
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A country is as strong, really, as its citizens. And I think that mental and physical health – mental and physical vigor – go hand in hand.
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Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse.