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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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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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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 cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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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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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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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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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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