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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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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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.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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