If I should conceive myself to be of too much importance to the cause, and to be unwilling to make such sacrifices as the crisis may require, it would be a proof of my unworthiness.
First US President
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"The very idea of a government of the people, by the people, for the people, is founded on the great principle of majority rule."
Strange & Unusual"The foundations of our National policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality."
Controversial"There is nothing more likely to produce an alteration in the conduct of the Indians than a conviction in their minds that we are able and determined to punish them for their depredations."
Controversial"I am unwilling to be the only man in whom the love of my Country is not the ruling principle."
Shocking"I am sensible that I am not without my faults; but I am conscious of an honest intention."
Controversial