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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

George Washington

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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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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