We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the li… — Quoted

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“We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.”

Davy Crockett · Respect

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I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

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The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.

Death

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We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

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The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.

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