True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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