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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. – George Washington

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Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. – George Washington

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The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all thats good. – George Washington

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Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. – John F. Kennedy, 1961

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Eternity alone can reveal to the human race its debt of gratitude to the peerless and immortal name of Washington. – James A. Garfield

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I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose. – Gerald Ford

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He is one of those giant figures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. – David Lloyd George

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I am sorry to think that you do not get a mans most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. – Henry David Thoreau

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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other peoples happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. – Bertrand Russell

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