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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.

George Washington

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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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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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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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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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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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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