To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLiberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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