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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.

George Washington

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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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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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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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