Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThere is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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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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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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 great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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