Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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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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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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