Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whic

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In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is...

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is...

(Liberty) is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to...

(Liberty) is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to...

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to...

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to...

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of...

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of...

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of...

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of...

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is...

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is...

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a...

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a...

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and...

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and...

Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with...

Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with...

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that...

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest...

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest...

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian...

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian...

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There...

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave