Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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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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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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