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You have only one way to convince others, listen to them.
We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it.
It is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.
A lottery is the perfect tax...laid only upon the willing.
I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.
Father I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet.
Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive.
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.
Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence.
The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.
The whole duty of man is summed up in obedience to God's will.
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded.
Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad.
I hate deception, even where the imagination only is concerned.
It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being.
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.
There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money
Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.
Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.
A people unused to restraint must be led, they will not be drove.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions.
[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
[death]...the abyss from where no traveler is permitted to return
A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.
Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
The most enviable praise of all is just to be called an honest man.
An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred.
The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.
Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of the heart.
Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.
Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly.
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
I wish to walk in such a line as will give most general satisfaction.
It is to be lamented that great characters are seldom without a blot.
Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape.
To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.
The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.
We had quitters during the Revolution too...we called them 'Kentuckians.'
I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.
Government is at best a petulant servant and at worst a tyrannical master.
The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you.
It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.