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GEORGE WASHINGTONThe reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Man is the religious animal.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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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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