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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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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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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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