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«The grievances of which we complain, be assured, sir, are not imaginary, but real - not local, but universal - not occasional, but continual, everyday matter-of-fact things and have become, to the disgrace of our common country, matters of history.»
«Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.»
Author: William Henry Harrison (President) | About: Principles, Wishes | Keywords: carried, sir
«Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right»
«That book [Bible], sir, is the rock on which our republic rests.»
«Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls; for, thus friends absent speak»
«So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him -- pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?»
«Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir.»
«With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his»
«What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.»
«Slender: Why do your dogs bark so? Be there bears i' the town? Anne: I think there are, sir; I heard them talked of»

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