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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.

George Washington

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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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