Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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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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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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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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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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