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It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

Basis Citizen Defense Down
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

Bought Dearly Derive Errors
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
Borrow Interest Paid Trouble
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I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.

Country Founded Good Honors
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I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!

Afraid Kid Like Someone
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The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

Authorized Congress Constitution Declaring
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Bad Better Excuse Offer
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Against Guard Patriotism Pretended
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The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

Abandon Constitution Guide Never
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Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

America Europe Example Following
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There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

Calculate Cure Discard Error
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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.

Possession Easier Enemy Experience
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Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

Army Discipline Hurtful Neglect
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Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to endulge the professors of Christianity in the church, that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct plainest easiest and least liable to exception.

Bigot Christianity Church Direct
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I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.

Direction Little Observe Path
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Darkness Drive Hate Light
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
Except Means Never Peace
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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

Attack Battle Beaten Both
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

Disgrace Find Labor Man
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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.

Accomplished Always Anything Anywhere
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

Individuals Like Nations Punished
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

Art Art Of War Enemy Enough
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

Adversity Always Better Cherish
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

Fail Make Men Obedience
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I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.
Doodle Know Only Other
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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

Any Chief Chief Executive Executive
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I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

After Again Any Being
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

Could Drawing Found In My Opinion
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Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

Altar Church Church And State Contributions
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I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.

Bad Effective Execution Know
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

Been Errors Failures Intent
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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

Back Happens Him Me
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

Immediate Immediately Move Other
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I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.

Am Appreciate Country Fact
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Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

Bible Book Civilization Fast
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I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.

Church Corporation Dead Equally
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Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear its own proportion of taxation.

Bear Church Church And State Declare
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I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.

Armed Deal Nothing Only
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.

Absolutely Party Reason See
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I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

Attempt Believe Come Enigma
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Atheism is a religion itself complete with fanatics and bigots.

Atheism Bigots Complete Fanatics
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The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

Always Being Coward Dreams
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Sex in space is not just a good idea, it's survival.

Good Idea Just Sex
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A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.

Against Also Book Books
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Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.
Better Blame Dream Real
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.

About Entertaining Fascinating Gossip
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Space is as infinite as we can imagine, and expanding this perspective is what adjusts humankind focus on conquering our true enemies, the formidable foes: ignorance and limitation.

Adjust Conquering Enemies Expanding
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.

Being Book Concepts Contains
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A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

Dream Dreams Many Nothing
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I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

Being Capacity Consumed Continuing
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