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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.

George Washington

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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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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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