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He was not afraid of any enterprise; he was not abashed by the stoutest opposition; he was not even depressed by failure.
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This quote illustrates the resilience and determination of a political figure in the face of challenges.
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It is not the bondholder, it is the office holder who sucks the blood of the people.
And is it not needed when its taking helps us and hurts our enemy?
As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people, until he fancies himself commissioned by heaven to liberate them.
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