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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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 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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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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