"It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested."

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"I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife."

"If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon."

"In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak."

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"It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us."

"Folks never understand the folks they hate."

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"No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself."

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"Grown men do not need leaders."

"The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest."

"You may be assured that we won't ever let your words die. Like the words of our Master, Jesus Christ, they will live in our minds and our hearts and in the souls of black men and white men, brown men and yellow men as long as time shall last."

"It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot."

"The greatest men, you can quote for everything."

"But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men."

"No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit."

"There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men."

"The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less."

"Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit."