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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHarmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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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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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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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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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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