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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

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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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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.
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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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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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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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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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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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