Search results for Early 19th century (Regency Era)

I can never consent to being dictated to.

Jane Austen

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

Robert E. Lee

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

Millard Fillmore

There's nothing left to do but get drunk.

Franklin Pierce Adams

What is right and what is practicable are two different things.

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The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

Jean-Baptiste Say

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

Ulysses S. Grant

He serves his party best who serves the country best.

Rutherford B. Hayes

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

James A. Garfield

A public office is a public trust.

Attributed to Roman law and American statesmen