"There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure."

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“America has never forgotten — and never will forget — the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path — the path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago … How young she is! It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom — the clothing of the grave — that some people believe she is already fitted for.”

“Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”

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