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Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than r

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. – George Washington

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I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandmans cares. – George Washington

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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. – George Washington

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The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. – George Washington

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Religion and education are no match for evil without the grace of God. – B. R. Hayden

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In case of doubt we should always lean on the side of mercy. – Source Unknown

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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. – Abraham Lincoln

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It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity. – Lyman Abbott

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It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia – to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess. – H. L. Mencken

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