Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIf freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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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 sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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