The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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