I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
GEORGE WASHINGTONOne of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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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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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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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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.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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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 freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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