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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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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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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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