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All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise,

All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation. – John Adams

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Power always thinks… that it is doing Gods service when it is violating all his laws. – John Adams

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But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and sixthe swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace. – John Adams

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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. – John Adams

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La molesse est douce, et sa suite est cruelle. – John Quincy Adams

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I pray for no more youthTo perish before its prime;That Revenge and iron-heated WarMay fade with all that has gone beforeInto the night of time. – Aeschylus

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I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof! – John Adams

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Drop, dropin our sleep, upon the heartsorrow falls, memorys pain,and to us, though against our very will,even in our own despite,comes wisdomby the awful grace of God. – Aeschylus

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If you add to the truth, you subtract from it. – The Talmud

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Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms. – Ron Paul

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Your goal should be to pay off your credit card bills in full at the end of each month and set aside money toward your emergency savings. – Suze Orman

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Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies. – Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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