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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONOf 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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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