A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.
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Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whicGeorge Washington
far worse than were Congress to enact no measure at all.
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The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
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I know patriotism exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on thisprinciple alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.
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