Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIt is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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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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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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