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GEORGE WASHINGTONTo be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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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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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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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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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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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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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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