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It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone, particularly in economics.

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Caleb Cushing

Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.

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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.

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We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.

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The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.

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The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of slavery in the States, have been cited. It has been said that those petitions were not received.

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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.

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