Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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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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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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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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