The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHarmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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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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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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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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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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