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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and wi

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. – George Washington

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In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence. – George Washington

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Presidents Day
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George Washington
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. – George Washington

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power
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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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Government
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Friendship
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Friendships the wine of life: but friendship new… is neither strong nor pure. – Edward Young

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If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. – Charlotte Bronte

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Friendship

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention. – Clifton Paul Fadiman

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Friendship

To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time. – Cornelia Otis Skinner

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Friendship

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So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We dont need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House. – Mario Diaz-Balart

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I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master. – David Rockefeller

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Let me tell you, Barack Obama is the most down dude in the world, but hes so smart so articulate, such an amazing speaker such a passionate man. Hes humble. – Marlon Wayans

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Although… the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States. – James K. Polk

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History