"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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"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War."
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"It is better to be alone than in bad company."
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"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."
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"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
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"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
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-William J. Clinton
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"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
-James A. Baldwin
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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
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"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
-Nathan Hale
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"It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades."
-Paddy Chayefsky
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"On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live."
-Eric Burdon
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