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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONAssociate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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The 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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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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