Quotes 41 till 60 of 166.
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I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life.
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I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it.
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I met Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels and Mao when I entered prison and they redeemed me.
The Prison Letters of George Jackson (1970) -
I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.
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I was a veteran before I was a teenager.
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I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.
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I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.
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I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.
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If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.
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If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
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In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
Speech Oxford (2001) -
In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.
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Intuition is reason in a hurry.
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It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
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It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media.
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It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.
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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
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