Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
GEORGE WASHINGTONGovernment 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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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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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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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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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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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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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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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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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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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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