Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIt 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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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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