Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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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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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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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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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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