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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONDecision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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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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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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Man is the religious animal.
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