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Quotes from Franklin Pierce

Pierce's Words

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"You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me by your strength."

"The stars upon your banner have become nearly threefold their original number; your densely populated possessions skirt the shores of the two great oceans."

"The storm of frency and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution."

"The stars upon your banner have become nearly threefold their original number; your densely populated possessions skirt the shores of the two great oceans."

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