There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

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"Learn to think continentally."

- Alexander Hamilton

Awareness

"Self-sufficiency and a contempt of the science and experience of others are too prevailing traits of character in this country."

- Alexander Hamilton

Awareness

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."

- Alexander Hamilton

Belief

"Those who stand for nothing, fall for anything."

- Alexander Hamilton

Belief

"Bestowing representation on the basis of equal representation rather than population contradicts the fundamental maxim of republican government, which requires that the sense of the majority must prevail."

- Alexander Hamilton

Balance

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

Courage

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Courage

"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

Courage