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Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility.
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177
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
178
Surely it is hardly fitting that the ruler should be baser than the ruled.
179
Only it seems to me a grievous error in a ruler to quarrel with all his subjects at once.
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With such aids and an honest purpose to do whatever is right, I hope to execute diligently, impartially, and for the best interests of the country the manifold duties devolved upon me.