To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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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 courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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