Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMuch was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Man is the religious animal.
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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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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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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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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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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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