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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.

George Washington

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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 sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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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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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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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Man is the religious animal.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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