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United States Quotes from the 1800s

John Quincy Adams 1767 - 1848

December 22, 1802
"Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!"

August 1816
"Fiat justitia, pereat coelum." (Let justice be done, though heaven fall.)

August 1816
"My toast would be, may our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right."

Francis Scott Key 1779 - 1843

1814 - The Star Spangled Banner
"'Tis the star-spangled banner;
O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free,
and the home of the brave!"

Daniel Webster 1782 - 1852

January 26, 1830
"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!"

May 10, 1847
"The Law: It has honored us, may we honor it."

On being advised against joining the overcrowded legal profession:
"There is always room at the top." (attributed)

Horace Greeley 1811 - 1872

1850
"Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."

Philip Henry Sheridan 1831 - 1888

January 1869 - At Fort Cobb
"The only good Indian is a dead Indian." (attributed)

General Sherman 1820 - 1891

August 11, 1880
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell."

Andrew Carnegie 1835 - 1919

1889
"The man who dies ... rich dies disgraced."

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| Profound Quotes of Ancient Rome - BC |
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| Famous Quotes from the Dark and Middle Ages |
| Relevant Quotes from the Reformation and Renaissance |
| Quotes from England: 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries |
| Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution Quotes | Voltaire |
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| Modern European History Quotes from the 1800s |
| Quotes from Europe and Asia - 1900s | Winston Churchill |

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| Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War | Mark Twain |
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