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Posterity will talk of Washington as the founder of a great empire

Posterity will talk of Washington as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall be lost in the vortex of revolution. – NapoleonI

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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser – in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. – Abraham Lincoln

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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. – Calvin Coolidge

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A statesman of the school of sound common sense, and a philanthropist of the most practical type, a patriot without a superior – his monument is a country preserved. – C.S. Harrington

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