The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe 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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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