Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

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"He that can have patience can have what he will."

- Benjamin Franklin

Perseverance

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness."

- Elbert Hubbard

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"Loyal customers, they don’t just come back, they don’t simply recommend you—they insist that their friends do business with you."

- Chip Bell

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"You don’t earn loyalty in a day. You earn loyalty day-by-day."

- Jeffrey Gitomer

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"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

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"Where liberty is, there is my country."

- Benjamin Franklin

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