"Every humane and patriotic heart must grieve to see a bloody and causeless rebellion, costing thousands of human lives and millions of treasure. But as it was predetermined and inevitable, it was long enough delayed. Now is the appropriate time to solve the greatest problem ever submitted to civilized man."

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Source : Thaddeus Stevens (1997). “The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens: January 1814-March 1865”, University of Pittsburgh Pre

Thaddeus Stevens

#Heart Quotes #Patriotic Quotes #Men Quotes

“I have a cause higher and nobler than my own, a cause to which all private interests and concerns must be subordinated.”

Source : "'I made the ring from a bullet and the pin of a hand grenade'". Interview with Katharine Viner, www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2001.
“In some areas I am more noted for reading then I am for cookies!”
“I lived to write, and wrote to live.”

Source : Samuel Rogers (1830). “Italy: A Poem”, p.205
“People, when they come up to me, are like, Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp? And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.”

Source : "Happy Endings' Adam Pally, on playing TV's least stereotypical gay guy". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. October 23, 2012.
“It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.”
“Just imagine: I, a Premier, a Soviet representative, when I came here to this city, I was given a plan - a program of what I was to be shown and whom I was to meet here. But just now, I was told that I could not go to Disneyland. I asked, 'Why not?' What is it, do you have rocket-launching pads there? I do not know”
“In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.”
“Working on the Dave Chappelle show was amazing.”

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