"Let us then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind, let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty, and even life itself, are but dreary things, " he said in a classic expression of our great tradition of conciliation.

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Without their support and affection and love, I don't think we could have pulled it off.

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The fact she got 22 wins without losing, and the affection Australians have for her, means our respect for her is so high.

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He also said he had taken the Judicial Oath to "do right to all manner of people ... without fear or favour, affection or ill will".

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"Without your heart-warming and encouraging displays of affection, the burdens, which certainly have existed, would have weighed heavily, " she said.

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This is powerful architecture built to house powerful things: the museum celebrates our affection for antique bicycles, cars and trains, but without coy nostalgia.

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Any sort of pricing strategy is unlikely to go through without the consent of Time Warner and Viacom, so I feel myself feeling an unlikely affection for the media giants at this moment.

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