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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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Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions remain unshaken.
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For the fourth time the officer elected by the people and ordained by the Constitution to fill a vacancy so created is called to assume the Executive chair.
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The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.
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To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticise others.
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Resolve to remain as strong, as determined and as highly enthused during the darkest night of adversity as you are during the sunniest day of prosperity.
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If I associate not with these people,-- with mankind,-- with whom shall I associate?
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The defining character of American constitutional government is its constant tension between security and liberty, serving both by partial helpings of each.
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If I’m going to fall, I don’t want to fall back on anything, except my faith.
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When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.
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At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens.
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I shall never be persuaded that marriage has a charm to raise love out of nothing, much less out of dislike
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I find I want courage to marry where I do not like
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a real kindness is so far beyond all compliment, that it never appears more than when there is least of t'other mingled with it
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as it must be the supreme purpose of all free men, so it must be the dedication of their leaders, to save humanity from preying upon itself
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It decrees that we, the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.
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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex
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Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
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in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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The basic concept underlying the Eighth Amendment is nothing less than the dignity of man.
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To the extent that a citizen's right to vote is debased, he is that much less a citizen.
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Our answer is this: a denial of constitutionally protected rights demands judicial protection; our oath and our office require no less of us.
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Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.
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The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.
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Our attempts to banish this importunate duty will only make it return upon us again and again, and every time in a shape more unpleasant than the former.