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The happy and the powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.
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A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls.
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The animosities of elections should have no place in our Government, for government must concern itself alone with the common weal.
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Under our system there is a remedy for all mere political evils in the sound sense and sober judgment of the people.
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The spectacle is exhibited to the world of a government deriving its powers from the consent of the governed and having imparted to it only so much power as is necessary for its successful operation.
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The beauty of our system of government consists, and its safety and durability must consist, in avoiding mutual collisions and encroachments and in the regular separate action of all, while each is revolving in its own distinct orbit.
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Numa's virtue made him so celebrated that he was judged worthy to be king, Lykurgus' made him so great that he did not care to be king.