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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONPaper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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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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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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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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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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