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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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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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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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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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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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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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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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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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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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