Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFreedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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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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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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 conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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