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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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 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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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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