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I have tried so hard to do the right.

— Grover Cleveland

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  7. The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while the people should patriotically and cheerfully sup…
  8. It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.

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  • ethics
  • conscience
  • effort
  • life
  • morality
  • righteousness

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