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And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

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To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked.

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American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

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The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

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There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.

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The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

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The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

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Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: August 25th, 1800

Died: December 28th, 1859

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