Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHarmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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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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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Man is the religious animal.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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