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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.

George Washington

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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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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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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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