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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

George Washington

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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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