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GEORGE WASHINGTONWe have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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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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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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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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