It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe 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.
More George Washington Quotes
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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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 nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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