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"I was never a Republican, because those gentlemen, distinguished as they are, have only one real interest, and that is the making of special laws in order to protect their fortunes. I also know they have no compassion for the masses of people in the country who are without money and who are, many of them, without food or houses. I have always thought that only as a Democrat, reflecting Jefferson and Jackson, could justice ever be done the people because at this moment in history, ours is the only party which is even faintly responsive to the force of ideas." - Samuel Tilden, Democratic candidate for president in 1876.

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." Thomas Jefferson
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
                                        - Benjamin Franklin

"Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."

-John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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