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To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. – James Buchanan

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The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. – James Buchanan

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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. – East African Proverb

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The toughest test of good judgment is to know when to withhold your better judgment. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom. – Ezra Stiles

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