We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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.
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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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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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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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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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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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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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