"The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant."

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Source : Martin Van Buren (1969). “Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”

Martin Van Buren

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“I sleep so much better at night, knowing that America is protected from thin pickles and fast ketchup.”
“I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in Multiplicity.”
“I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.”
“The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.”
“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.”
“...this initiation ceremony, known as 'signing the Official Secrets Act', has no legal force; everyone is bound by the Act whether they sign the form or not.”
“When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part.”

Source : "What I know about women". Interview with Liz Hoggard, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2007.
“More often than we care to admit, inconsequential decisions change our lives.”

Source : Donald McCaig (2007). “Rhett Butler's People”, p.122, Macmillan

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