“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.”
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People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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