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.
George Washington
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- Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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- It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
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