Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
GEORGE WASHINGTONArbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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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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