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“We should never despair, our situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new exertions and proportion our efforts to the exigency of the times.”
“True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”
“I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.”
“Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.”
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.”
“There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation.”
“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy.”
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