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Knowing the Presidents

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"One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals."
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"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."
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Chester A. Arthur Twenty-First President, 1881-1885Campaign:A Republican Stalwart with a sterling war record, Chester A. Arthur...
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"The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board."
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"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world."
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"War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed."
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"No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people."
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"The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty."
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"America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy..."
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"The business of America is business."