It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Quote by George Washington

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We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and...

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and...

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves...

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves...

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...

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought...

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought...

Influence is no Government

Influence is no Government

The grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.

The grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

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...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to...

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to...

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought...

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought...

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are...

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are...

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...

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the...

The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the...

Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power,...

Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power,...

In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung...

In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung...