Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIf we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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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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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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.
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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