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Henry Ward Beecher

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Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.
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A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry and where is there a more kingly flower?
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Do not be afraid because the, community teems with excitement. Silence and death are dreadful. The rush of life, the vigor of earnest men, the conflict of realities, invigorate, cleanse, and establish the truth.
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Education will not come of itself it will never come unless you seek it it will not come unless you take the first steps which lead to it but, taking these steps, every man can acquire it.
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