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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.

George Washington

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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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