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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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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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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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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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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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