Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMuch was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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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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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Man is the religious animal.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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 great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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