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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.

George Washington

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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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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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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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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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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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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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