A Library of Universal Literature: In 4 Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations. Pt.3: Orations, Volume 6Collier, 1900 - Literature |
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... patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt them . In these honorable qualifications , I behold the surest pledges , that as , on one side , no local prejudices or attachments , no separate views nor party ...
... patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt them . In these honorable qualifications , I behold the surest pledges , that as , on one side , no local prejudices or attachments , no separate views nor party ...
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... patriotism does not forbid it . In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life , my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my ...
... patriotism does not forbid it . In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life , my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my ...
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... patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands . In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union , it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing par ...
... patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands . In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union , it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing par ...
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... patriotism may look with indulgence , if not with favor , upon the spirit of party . But in those of the popular character , in governments purely elective , it is a spirit not to be encouraged . From their natural 36 WASHINGTON.
... patriotism may look with indulgence , if not with favor , upon the spirit of party . But in those of the popular character , in governments purely elective , it is a spirit not to be encouraged . From their natural 36 WASHINGTON.
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... patriotism , who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happi- ness , these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens . The mere politician , equally with the pious man , ought to respect and to cherish them . A ...
... patriotism , who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happi- ness , these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens . The mere politician , equally with the pious man , ought to respect and to cherish them . A ...
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Page 39 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations, cultivate peace and harmony with all; religion and morality enjoin this conduct, and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 415 - Liberty first and Union afterwards," but everywhere spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!
Page 85 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace! But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Page 39 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace; but remembering also, that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Page 33 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 232 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned...
Page 46 - Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat, in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking in the midst of my fellowcitizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government — the ever favorite object of my heart and the happy...
Page 23 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 100 - ... which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of mal-administration; and...
Page 31 - While then every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts, greater strength, greater resource, proportionably greater security from external danger, a less frequent interruption of their peace by foreign nations; and, what is of inestimable value! they must derive from union an exemption from those broils and wars between themselves...