Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
GEORGE WASHINGTONOne 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 peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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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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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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