Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
GEORGE WASHINGTONGentlemen, 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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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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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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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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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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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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