Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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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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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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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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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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