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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

George Washington

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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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