To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe 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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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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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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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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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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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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