We need to have within us the splendid heroic virtues which alone avail in the mighty crises, the terrible catastrophes whereby a nation is either purified as if by fire, or else consumed forever in the flames.
Advocating for national strength and character, this quote emphasizes the necessity of heroic virtues to navigate and survive profound national crises.
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A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.
I will accept the nomination for President if it is tendered to me, and I will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed its preference.
The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride, he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own.
I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
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