I like the noise of democracy. - James Buchanan

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The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. - James Buchanan

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What is right and what is practicable are two different things. - James Buchanan

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My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?

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I like the noise of democracy. -James Buchanan

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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. — Nelson Mandela

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The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. -James Buchanan

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The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. -James Buchanan

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No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough ― bell hooks

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To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. -James Buchanan

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