Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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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It is 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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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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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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Man is the religious animal.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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