To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe 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 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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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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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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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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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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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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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