My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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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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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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