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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 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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"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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"I need to retire from 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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"I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between."
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"Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book."
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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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"I've enjoyed my retirement."
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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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"Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all."
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"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
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"I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent."
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"The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon."
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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."
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"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
Freedom

"It is better to be alone than in bad company."
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"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
Friendship

"Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe."
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"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
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"Heaven itself has ordained the right."
Justice
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