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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.

George Washington

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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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 had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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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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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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