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"Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (Address to Congress on Resigning Commission Dec 23, 1783)"
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"I can enjoy a vacation as well as the next person, as long as I know it's a vacation and not a premature retirement."
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"I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere."
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"Why do I need succession planning? I'm very alert, I'm very vibrant. I have no intention to retire."
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"I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City."
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"I've enjoyed my retirement."
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"From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy."
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"There's a lot we can do to improve American's retirement security, but it's wrong to replace the guaranteed benefit that Americans have earned with a guaranteed benefit cut of forty percent or more."
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"Personal savings accounts to me are one of the most powerful things, not necessarily in saving, solvency, or bankruptcy of the program, but in guaranteeing, the words I used a few minutes ago, a safe and secure retirement for our seniors."
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"Since Social Security faces a large gap between what it promises younger workers and what it can afford to pay them, private savings will likely need to play a larger role in retirement planning for younger workers."
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"Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples."
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"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."
Wisdom
"I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery."
Freedom
"Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government."
Politics
"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."
Liberty
"Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse."
Empathy
"Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
Friendship
"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."
Politics
"One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts."
Propaganda
"I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country."
Patriotism
"Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another."
Leadership
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