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GEORGE WASHINGTONExperience 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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Man is the religious animal.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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