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| My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in more pleasing and innocent amusements, than in preparing implements and exercising them for the destruction of mankind | | Mankind | |
| My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. | | Uncategorized | |
| My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready. | | Uncategorized | |
| My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. | | Uncategorized | |
| My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode f | | Government; Politics | |
| My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein. | | Uncategorized | |
| My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissensions with those, who are embarked in the same great national interest with myself, as every difference of this kind in its conseq | | Harmony; Peace; Temper | |
| Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. | | Uncategorized | |
| No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department of government than I am; but I have never yet been able to discover the propriety of placing it absolutely out of the power of men to render essential services | | Power | |
| Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly foresee that nothing but the rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union, by consolidating it in a common bond of principle | | Uncategorized | |
| Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another | | Discipline | |
| Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war; for sure I am, if this country is preserved in tranquillity twenty years longer, it may bid defiance, in a just cause, to any power | | Justice; Self-respect | |
| Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. | | Uncategorized | |
| Obviously, we need to see the details of all the patients and the adverse events to be able to interpret the importance of these toxicities, ... Given this advisory, I think we'll be less likely to use this compound, considering there are other alternatives available. | | Uncategorized | |
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| Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages, | | Uncategorized | |
| Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand | | Precedents | |
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| Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle | | Experience; Reason | |
