To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
GEORGE WASHINGTONA bad war is fought with a good mind.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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