True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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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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Man is the religious animal.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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