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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.

George Washington

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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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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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