The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLet your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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I 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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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 had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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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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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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Of 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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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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