The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe 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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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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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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 freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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