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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.

George Washington

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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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Action Attachment Convince Friendship Man True World
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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Depend Happiness Mind Person World
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.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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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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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

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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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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