My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
GEORGE WASHINGTONExperience 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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Man is the religious animal.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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