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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.

George Washington

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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 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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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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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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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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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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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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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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