Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
GEORGE WASHINGTONI hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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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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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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The 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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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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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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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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