Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
GEORGE WASHINGTONExperience 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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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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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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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