Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIt is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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 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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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