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That most delicious of all privileges—spending other people's money.

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The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

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Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse was made Consul.

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He [Martin Van Buren] rowed to his object with muffled oars.

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He [Edward Livingston] is a man of splendid abilities, but utterly corrupt. He shines and stinks like rotten mackerel by moonlight.

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One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
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John Randolph of Roanoke

John Randolph of Roanoke
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Born: June 2, 1773
Died: May 24, 1833 (aged 59)
Bio: John Randolph, known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter, and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives at various times between 1799 and 1833, the Senate, and also as Minister to Russia.
Known for:
  1. The Clergyman's Instructor
  2. Mr. Randolph's speech on the British war (1812)

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