Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
(Speech in the United States House of Representatives, 1848)

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Whatever you are, be a good one.

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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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