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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTrue 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 experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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