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2012 November 02
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"What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient." |
"I would rather be right than President." |
"Reputation is character minus what you've been caught doing." |
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2012 November 01
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"The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts." |
"There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character." |
"You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency." |
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2012 October 31
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"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless." |
"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice." |
"I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top." |
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2012 October 30
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"It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it." |
"I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty." |
"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart." |
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2012 October 29
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"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man." |
"Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." |
"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit." |
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