Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
GEORGE WASHINGTONNo punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Man is the religious animal.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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