There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.

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Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today.

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Comparison is the thief of joy.

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The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.

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Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

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It is the people, and not the judges, who are entitled to say what their constitution means, for the constitution is theirs, it belongs to them and not to their servants in office—any other theory is incompatible with the foundation principles of our government.

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He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.

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Most of us tiptoe through life in order to make it safely to death.

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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

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