Quote by George Washington
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what

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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It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. – 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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Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity. – George Bancroft

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The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it. – Woodrow Wilson

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If men were angels, no government would be necessary. – James Madison

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Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values… God made life simple. It is man who complicates it. – Charles Lindbergh

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Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. – Theodore Dreiser, Life, Art, and America, 1917

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Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom. – Isabelle Adjani

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One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others. – Molière

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