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…

Quote by George Washington

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

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...

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of...

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of...

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is...

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is...

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Mankind when left to themselves, are unfit for their own Government.

Mankind when left to themselves, are unfit for their own Government.

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a...

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a...

All I am I owe to my mother.

All I am I owe to my mother.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

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...

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model...

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model...

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

Influence is no Government

Influence is no Government

It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.

It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say,...

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say,...

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love

Love never claims, it ever gives; love never suffers, never resents, never revenges itself. Where...

Love never claims, it ever gives; love never suffers, never resents, never revenges itself. Where...