Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIf we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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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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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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