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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

George Washington

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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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Attritute Education Intellectual Life Moral Mother Physical Success
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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Confidence God Inspirational Strength
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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Connection Country Currency Declare Duty Government Money Value
Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Battle Deep Inspirational Men Real Men Run Success War
The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Degree Habit Nation Slave
We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Confederation Good Human Human Nature Opinion
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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Advantage Capable Goodness Interest Men Sacrifice
Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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Committed Fault Revolution Rights
The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Citizen Decision Requirement Understand
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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Depend Happiness Mind Person World
Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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Good Machine Necessary Politics Rescue Storm Time Wisdom
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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Adversity Appellation Friendship Growth Inspirational Shocks True
The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Conflict Hard Time Inspirational Success Triumph
I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Deep Die Feets Hustle Inspirational Knees
To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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Character Glory Patriotism Religion
To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Attitude Calumny Duty Perserve Reply Silence
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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Enemy Experience Possession Prevention Teaching Wisdom
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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Creation God Imagination Object Punishment Purpose Reward
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Experience Healing Lesson Past Profit Purpose
Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Harmony Humanity Interest Liberty Nation Policy
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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Appearance Conceal Crises Greatness Live Moment Observed Occur Trivial Turn
The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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Approach Army Bleed Country Depend Honor Hour Safety Success
The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Fake False Internet Rumor
It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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Government Moral Rules Species True Virtue
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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Commerce Door Fraud Honesty Justice Money Paper Species State
Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Individual Liberty Preserve Rest Society
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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Deficiency Liberty Patriotism Rely Supply War

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