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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.

George Washington

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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.
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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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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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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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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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 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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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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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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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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