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Letter to John Jay

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To such men I shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to serve our common country.

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It will be inconvenient and injurious to the public to dismiss the light dragoons as soon as notice of the law can be conveyed to them.

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Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

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