It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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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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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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