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I am not a Virginian, but an American.

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  1. Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third - ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] - may profit by their example.…
  2. Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. ... Guard with jealous attent…
  3. This is all the inheritance I can give my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.
  4. United we stand, divided we fall, Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.
  5. The Bible is worth all other books which have ever been printed.
  6. The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the governm…
  7. It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of t…
  8. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.

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