To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMy first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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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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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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