The surest test of discipline is its absence.

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The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

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I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?

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Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

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I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.

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I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

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This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.

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Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.

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An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.

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I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

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