Man is the religious animal.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
More George Washington Quotes
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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