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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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Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions remain unshaken.
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The wisdom of our fathers, foreseeing even the most dire possibilities, made sure that the Government should never be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life.
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Such exclusion goes over 'the very brink of constitutional power' and falls into the ugly abyss of racism.
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The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work.
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Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear.
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war takes away the easy supply of daily wants, and so proves a rough master, that brings most men's characters to a level with their fortunes
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The calculated killing of a human being by the State involves, by its very nature, a denial of the executed person's humanity.