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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.

George Washington

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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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