To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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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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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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