07/31/1783
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"Each citizen must contribute to the common defense, which is the foundation of our security."
"Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force."
"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."
"A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."