Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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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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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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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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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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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Man is the religious animal.
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