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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.

George Washington

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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Dreans Earth Man Plague
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Men One Liner Virtue
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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It 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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Man is the religious animal.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Nation Peace Victim
Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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