"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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"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.“
-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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"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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"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."
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