I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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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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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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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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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.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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