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| Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. | George Washington |
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| Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. | George Washington |
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| Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. | Benjamin Franklin |
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| Lead, follow, or get out of the way. | Thomas Paine |
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| Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes. | John C. Calhoun |
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| Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty. | James Madison |
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| Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. | Thomas Jefferson |
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| Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people. | Thomas Jefferson |
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| Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never. | Benjamin Franklin |
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| Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. | George Washington |
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| Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny. | Daniel Webster |
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| Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God. | John Tyler |
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| Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages. | James Madison |
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| Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers. | Tecumseh |
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| Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. | Daniel Webster |
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| Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. | George Washington |
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| Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. | John Adams |
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| Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. | George Washington |
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| Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive. | George Washington |
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| Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse. | George Washington |
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