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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.

George Washington

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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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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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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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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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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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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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