The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMy first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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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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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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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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