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On the recordFebruary 7, 1893
No acquiescence in wrong, no tame and spiritless submission to injury, can be the basis of respect, and friendship must be founded upon respect.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Remarks on Receiving the Riggin Statuette

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