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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.”

George Washington · Experience

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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.

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It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

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Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

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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.

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