A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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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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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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