Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTONOf 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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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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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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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Man is the religious animal.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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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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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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