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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIt is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
More George Washington Quotes
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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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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Man is the religious animal.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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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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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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