Likening U.S. Grant to an axman, Roscoe Conkling said he'd "hew to the line of right, let" these "fall where they may"
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Jeopary Questions page 1820 - GUYS NAMED GARY - TriviaBistro ...  SUITE TALK: This composer who took us to Seville in "Carmen" evoked Italy in .... to an axman, Roscoe Conkling said he'd "hew to the line of right, let" these "fall...
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The Mating Season - Annotations - Madame Eulalie  These are the reasons why this annotation of The Mating Season is so lengthy. ..... Roscoe Conkling, a political boss and U.S. Senator from New York, said in a ... [President Grant] will hew to the line of right, let the chips fall where they may."...
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Re: If I were a gambling man...  Jan 24, 2002 ... Roscoe Conkling, a political boss and U.S. Senator from New York, said in ... Grant] will hew to the line of right, let the chips fall where they may.
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Roscoe Conkling - uticaOD.com :: The meeting place and ...  Jun 27, 2002 ... Quote: "He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fall where they may."  Speech nominating Ulysses S. Grant for a third term as president.
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How are the chips falling for you? | WordReference Forums  Dec 20, 2011 ... EStjarn said:  ... The phrase seems to be from the US, and is found from the 1850's as "Hew to the line, let the chips fall where they will," and "I hew to the line, and let the chips fly in whose face they will." ... He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fall where they may" is a quote from Roscoe Conkling.
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Big Schtick | Discussion Forum | A Way with Words | A Way with ...  Pringle has [Roosevelt] saying this in 1900; in the 1901 speech ... Although I wrote about language, I failed to edit my own post. ... H.F. Pringle, in his *Theodore Roosevelt*, (1931), quotes Teddy as ... 'I have always been fond of the West African proverb Speak softly and a carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Jun 4, 2010 ... ______ HISTORIC QUOTES ______. In a 1956 speech, he said, "Whether or not you like it, history is on our side. We will bury you.".
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Harry S. Truman: Annual Message to the Congress - The American ...  The attainment of this kind of society demands the best efforts of every citizen in every ... The Government must see that every American has a chance to obtain his fair .... That faith is embodied in the promise of equal rights and equal opportunities ... and every individual has a right to expect from our Government a fair deal.
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Carl Schurz - Wikiquote  Carl Schurz ... Quotes[edit] ... secure only as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: "Our country  when right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.".
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First Constitutional Convention of West Virginia  I was speaking to that very proposition - whether the Convention should now take .... Mr. President, I wish to state as briefly as I can a few general objections which I ...... Kanawha is that we tie down these Union counties - counties which we have .... after while be as loyal as any men, apparently; and this secession element...
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Chapter 18  Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848-1854 1. Treaty ...  Free-Soil Party emerges ... they nominated Martin Van Buren (old by now) - they condemned slavery ... slogan -- "Free soil, free speech, free labor, & free men!".
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Theodore Roosevelt: Progressive Crusader - Heritage Foundation  Sep 24, 2012 ... President Teddy Roosevelt ... mean and sordid and brought these sensibilities with him into public life.[1] A firm believer in what he called the manly virtues, he urged his ..... [12] He used his bully pulpit to call for graduated income and ... Secretary of War William Howard Taft installed in the White House,...
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Leverage - Technology News  Archimedes was talking about leverage, one of his favorite topics. He said, "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth. ... of levers, pulleys, screws and other mechanical devices, discovered a number of principles in physics and ... Archimedes pondered the problem and then arrived at, so to speak, a solution: He...
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Jeopary Questions page 679 - STATE FACTS - TriviaBistro.com  THE PREZ SAYS: In 1868 he yelled, "Let them impeach and be damned! ... January 8, 1918 he told Congress, "A general association of nations must be formed".
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James G. Blaine - Wikipedia  James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830  January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as .... The Republican Congress also played a role in the governance of the conquered South, dissolving the state...
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Wikiquote  If you haven't something good to say about someone sit right here by me. ... I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both. Theodore Roosevelt, in response when a dignitary asked if he could better control his daughter, as quoted in Hail to the Chiefs : My Life and Times with Six...
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Jeopary Questions page 1898 - NAME THAT MAJOR NEWSPAPER ...  18th CENTURY AMERICAN QUOTES: In "The American Crisis No. 2", he wrote, "A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men".
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Insults abound in 2010 campaigns | The Daily Caller  Aug 16, 2010 ... (James) Garfield has shown that he is not possessed of the backbone of an angleworm, said Ulysses S. Grant, one president speaking ill of another. William McKinley has no more backbone than a chocolate eclair, said Theodore Roosevelt, speaking of a man whom he served as vice president.
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lovely life - Gerald R Ford Presidential Library & Museum  image of Quentin and Archie Roosevelt, coutesy of Library of Congress ... Theodore began to carry a pistol, stating If a man is willing to give his life for mine, ... Father doesn't care for me, that is to say one eighth as much as he does for ... I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.
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Mugwump | American political faction | Britannica.com  In U.S. politics, member of a reform-oriented faction of the Republican Party that refused to support the candidacy of James G. Blaine for the presidency in 1884. ... Instead, the Mugwumps supported the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Their leaders included Theodore Roosevelt, George Curtis, and Henry Cabot...
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The Homestead Act and the Labor Surplus  Furthermore, four times as many acres of homestead land have been ... or that the opportunity to go West and grow up with the country was past. ... argument must be more prolonged than that of the preceding paragraphs. .... free Negroes in the North is depicted in the words of Representative Samuel W. Parker of Indiana.