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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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