Every man thinks God is on his side.
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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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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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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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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